A TAF10‐ERF109 Transcriptional Module Directs Flavonoid‐Based Stress Resilience and Yield Enhancement in Foxtail Millet and Wheat
Meng Zhang, Kangwei Wang, Jiayin Fan, Yue Zheng, Qi Zhang, Haoyang Du, Shenghui Xiao, Jinguang Huang, Kang Yan, Shizhong Zhang, Qiang He, Guanqing Jia, Chengchao Zheng, Xianmin Diao, Guodong Yang, Changai Wu · 2026
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Meng Zhang and co-authors uncover a two-factor module that arms millet and wheat against drought and salt while lifting yield. Their 2026 study works in foxtail millet, where the transcription factors TAF10 and ERF109 team up to switch on flavonoid-making genes. Flavonoids, plant pigments with protective chemistry, sit at the heart of the stress shield the pair builds.
Spraying the flavonoids themselves (apigenin, naringenin or hesperetin) rescued plants whose module was silenced. Field protocols for apigenin then raised wheat yields by 12.3 to 19.6 percent and millet yields by 15.8 to 23.9 percent under dry and salty field conditions in the trials reported. A spray-on shield beats breeding timelines where climates are already turning.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Meng Zhang, Kangwei Wang, Jiayin Fan, Yue Zheng, Qi Zhang, Haoyang Du, Shenghui Xiao, Jinguang Huang, Kang Yan, Shizhong Zhang, Qiang He, Guanqing Jia, Chengchao Zheng, Xianmin Diao, Guodong Yang, Changai Wu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54526 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |