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Reference ID 6827
Title Green revolution: a mutant gibberellin-synthesis gene in rice
Source Nature, 2002, vol. 416, pp. 701-702
Authors (12)
Abstract The chronic food shortage that was feared after the rapid expansion of the world
population in the 1960s was averted largely by the development of a high-
yielding semi-dwarf variety of rice known as IR8, the so-called rice 'green
revolution'. The short stature of IR8 is due to a mutation in the plant's sd1
gene, and here we identify this gene as encoding an oxidase enzyme involved in
the biosynthesis of gibberellin, a plant growth hormone. Gibberellin is also
implicated in green-revolution varieties of wheat, but the reduced height of
those crops is conferred by defects in the hormone's signalling pathway.
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