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Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering >> 2014, Volume 1, Issue 1 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2014011

Initiation of Setaria as a model plant

1. Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.2. Departments of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602, USA and Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwestern China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650000, China.3. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China

Available online: 2014-05-22
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Model organisms such as Arabidopsis ( ) and rice ( ) have proven essential for efficient scientific discovery and development of new methods. With the diversity of plant lineages, some important processes such as C photosynthesis are not found in either Arabidopsis or rice, so new model species are needed. Due to their small diploid genomes, short life cycles, self-pollination, small adult statures and prolific seed production, domesticated foxtail millet ( ) and its wild ancestor, green foxtail ( ), have recently been proposed as novel model species for functional genomics of the Panicoideae, especially for study of C photosynthesis. This review outlines the development of these species as model organisms, and discusses current challenges and future potential of a Setaria model.

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