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022 _a1087-0156
022 _a1546-1696 (Online)
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02611-1
040 _aMX-TxCIM
041 _aeng
100 1 _aGriffiths, C.A.
_917212
245 1 0 _aMembrane-permeable trehalose 6-phosphate precursor spray increases wheat yields in field trials
260 _aUnited Kingdom :
_bNature Research,
_c2025.
500 _aPeer review
500 _aOpen Access
520 _aTrehalose 6-phosphate (T6P) is an endogenous sugar signal in plants that promotes growth, yet it cannot be introduced directly into crops or fully genetically controlled. Here we show that wheat yields were improved using a timed microdose of a plant-permeable, sunlight-activated T6P signaling precursor, DMNB-T6P, under a variety of agricultural conditions. Under both well-watered and water-stressed conditions over 4 years, DMNB-T6P stimulated yield of three elite varieties. Yield increases were an order of magnitude larger than average annual genetic gains of breeding programs and occurred without additional water or fertilizer. Mechanistic analyses reveal that these benefits arise from increased CO2 fixation and linear electron flow ('source') as well as from increased starchy endosperm volume, enhanced grain sieve tube development and upregulation of genes for starch, amino acid and protein synthesis ('sink'). These data demonstrate a step-change, scalable technology with net benefit to the environment that could provide sustainable yield improvements of diverse staple cereal crops.
546 _aText in English
597 _dBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
_dEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
650 7 _aTrehalose
_2AGROVOC
_918783
650 7 _aPhosphates
_2AGROVOC
_95224
650 7 _aWheat
_2AGROVOC
_91310
650 7 _aYields
_2AGROVOC
_91313
650 7 _aField Experimentation
_2AGROVOC
_98629
700 0 _aXiaochao Xue
_938795
700 1 _aMiret, J.A.
_938796
700 1 _aSalvagiotti, F.
_938797
700 1 _8001712527
_aAcevedo-Siaca L.G.
_gGlobal Wheat Program
_919854
700 1 _aGimeno, J.
_8I1706704
_gGlobal Wheat Program
_94777
700 1 _aReynolds, M.P.
_gGlobal Wheat Program
_8INT1511
_9831
700 1 _aHassall, K.L.
_919432
700 1 _aHalsey, K.
_938798
700 1 _aPuranik, S.
_918074
700 1 _aOszvald, M.
_938799
700 1 _aKurup, S.
_938800
700 1 _aDavis, B.G.
_938801
700 1 _aPaul, M.J.
_917213
773 0 _tNature Biotechnology
_dUnited Kingdom : Nature Research, 2025.
_x1087-0156
_gIn press
856 4 _yOpen Access through DSpace
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/35641
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