TGW6, encoding a novel protein having hydrolase activity from IAA-glucose into IAA and glucose, regulates grain weight through controlling both source ability and sink size.
It's bigger, too, closer to a family-size bar of soap than a hotel-sink size.
Grain yield in cereals is determined by the balance between sink size and source capacity.
Similarly, environment has influenced pod yield more than reproductive sink size.
The gene product increases seed width and seed weight by enlarging sink size.
SPIKE gene increases grain yield of indica rice through enlarging sink size, source size, and translocation capacity.
The performance increases can alternatively be used to obtain a reduction in heat-sink size by up to 75%.
More interesting, Xingyi had a larger sink size than Changsha, though Xingyi consistently had higher grain filling than Changsha.
It is largely accepted that stem reserve mobilization in grains is affected by sink size, environment and variety.
An increase in sink strength directly translates to an increase in yield, mainly due to higher assimilate partitioning into the sinks co-ordinated by an increased sink size.
