Sentence examples for increased grain weight from inspiring English sources
Positive effect of Zircon application was evident on the increased grain weight, and β-carotene and Fe content.
The findings indicated that the present strategy to increase rice yield for irrigated rice increased grain weight while maintaining the other yield components.
Of note, NIL plants carrying the large grain-number allele increased grain weight per plant by 50.9%, mainly due to increased grain number per panicle [81].
TGW6 is a single-exon gene and the loss-of-function allele caused by a 1-bp deletion in CDS in Kasalath increased grain weight (Ishimaru et al. 2013).
Moreover, over-expression of a japonica allele of GOGAT-NADH1 in the Kasalath background increased grain weight, indicating that this enzyme is limiting in this background for nitrogen utilization as compared to japonica cultivars (Yamaya et al. 2002).
At gl1a, allele from Zhenshan 97 increased the grain length and thus increased grain weight (kgw1a), while at gl1b allele from Minghui 63 increased the grain length and thus increased grain weight (kgw1b).
Therefore, the TGW6-Kasalath allele may be effective for increasing grain weight in most cultivars throughout indica- and japonica-type varieties.
Interesting, 1000-grain weight among all genetically modified lines exhibited slight decreased compared with that in WT (Fig. 1u), which indicated that appropriate expression of OsNPF7.2 might be beneficial to increase grain weight.
GW2, a major grain width and weight QTL, increased grain width and weight by enlarging hulls.
Yang et al.[ 21] identified a single-base insertion in the eighth exon of TaGW2-6A causing premature termination in landrace Lankaodali, which ultimately led to increased grain width and grain weight.
In this study, we found that overexpression of SMG11 increased grain size and weight of wild-type plants, supporting that SMG11 is a positive factor of gain size and weight and also suggesting that SMG11 might be a good target for rice yield improvement.
