Significantly increasing crop yield is a major and worldwide challenge for food supply and security.It is well-known that rice cultivated at Taoyuan in Yunnan of China can produce the highest yield worldwide.Yet,the g...Significantly increasing crop yield is a major and worldwide challenge for food supply and security.It is well-known that rice cultivated at Taoyuan in Yunnan of China can produce the highest yield worldwide.Yet,the gene regulatory mechanism underpinning this ultrahigh yield has been a mystery.Here,we systematically collected the transcriptome data for seven key tissues at different developmental stages using rice cultivated both at Taoyuan as the case group and at another regular rice planting place Jinghong as the control group.We identified the top 24 candidate high-yield genes with their network modules from these well-designed datasets by developing a novel computational systems biology method,i.e.,dynamic cross-tissue(DCT)network analysis.We used one of the candidate genes,Os SPL4,whose function was previously unknown,for gene editing experimental validation of the high yield,and confirmed that Os SPL4 significantly affects panicle branching and increases the rice yield.This study,which included extensive field phenotyping,cross-tissue systems biology analyses,and functional validation,uncovered the key genes and gene regulatory networks underpinning the ultrahigh yield of rice.The DCT method could be applied to other plant or animal systems if different phenotypes under various environments with the common genome sequences of the examined sample.DCT can be downloaded from https://github.com/ztpub/DCT.展开更多
Eight multi-elemental Nb-Si-based alloys with various Mo,V and Zr contents were prepared by vacuum non-consumable arc melting.The cooperative alloying effects of Mo,V and Zr on the arc-melted and heat-treated microstr...Eight multi-elemental Nb-Si-based alloys with various Mo,V and Zr contents were prepared by vacuum non-consumable arc melting.The cooperative alloying effects of Mo,V and Zr on the arc-melted and heat-treated microstructure,mechanical properties as well as oxidation resistance at 1250°C of the alloys were evaluated systematically.The results show that except for adding Mo solely,additions of Mo,V and Zr change the microstructure from eutectic to hypereutectic.The additions of Mo,V and Zr suppress the formation ofα(Nb,X)5 Si 3(“X”represents the alloying elements that substitute for Nb in the lattices),whilst promoting the formation ofγ(Nb,X)5 Si 3.The heat treatment at 1450°C for 50 h promotes the formation of(Nb,X)3 Si phase in the Zr-containing alloys.Alloying with either Mo or Zr improves,and their composite additions more obviously improve the compressive yield strength at 1250°C as well as the microhardness ofγ(Nb,X)5 Si 3.The room temperature fracture toughness of the alloys is enhanced by sole and composite additions of V and Zr,while it is deteriorated by the addition of Mo.The sole addition of Mo,V or Zr improves the oxidation resistance at 1250°C,the composite additions of V with Mo/Zr(especially V-Mo-Zr)degrade the oxidation resistance at 1250°C.展开更多
NH_(3),derived from electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction(NRR),is promising to satisfy the need of food production and serve as a carbon-free liquid energy carrier in the near future.Yet major challenges remain...NH_(3),derived from electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction(NRR),is promising to satisfy the need of food production and serve as a carbon-free liquid energy carrier in the near future.Yet major challenges remain in enhancing NH_(3) yield rate and conversion efficiency of available electrocatalysts.This work achieved an ultrahigh electrocatalytic NH_(3)yield rate on the_(0.50)Fe-Bi_(2)W0_(6) catalyst by a facile Fe-doped strategy.Up to 289μg·h^(-1)·mg_(cat)^(-1) of NH_(3) formation rate was obtained at-0.75 V vs.RHE,which was reliably quantized by indophenol blue and ^(1)H NMR methods.The impressive result is an order of magnitude higher than that of the reported Fe-and Bi-based catalysts,even more superior than the result of single atom Ru catalyst.The key of the outstanding NRR behaviors on the_(0.50)Fe-Bi_(2)W0_(6) catalyst is the significant hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)suppression and the synergy between Bi and Fe,which can effectively modulate the electron distribution and accelerate the electron transport.This work endows a new insight to further explore the high-performance electrocatalysts toward NRR.展开更多
基金the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB835200)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0505500)+4 种基金the Key Grant of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department(Grant No.2013GA004)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB13040700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11871456 and 31771476)the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(Grant No.2017SHZDZX01)the Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice(Wuhan University,Grant No.KF201806),China。
文摘Significantly increasing crop yield is a major and worldwide challenge for food supply and security.It is well-known that rice cultivated at Taoyuan in Yunnan of China can produce the highest yield worldwide.Yet,the gene regulatory mechanism underpinning this ultrahigh yield has been a mystery.Here,we systematically collected the transcriptome data for seven key tissues at different developmental stages using rice cultivated both at Taoyuan as the case group and at another regular rice planting place Jinghong as the control group.We identified the top 24 candidate high-yield genes with their network modules from these well-designed datasets by developing a novel computational systems biology method,i.e.,dynamic cross-tissue(DCT)network analysis.We used one of the candidate genes,Os SPL4,whose function was previously unknown,for gene editing experimental validation of the high yield,and confirmed that Os SPL4 significantly affects panicle branching and increases the rice yield.This study,which included extensive field phenotyping,cross-tissue systems biology analyses,and functional validation,uncovered the key genes and gene regulatory networks underpinning the ultrahigh yield of rice.The DCT method could be applied to other plant or animal systems if different phenotypes under various environments with the common genome sequences of the examined sample.DCT can be downloaded from https://github.com/ztpub/DCT.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51971181)the research fund of State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing(No.2020-TZ-001).
文摘Eight multi-elemental Nb-Si-based alloys with various Mo,V and Zr contents were prepared by vacuum non-consumable arc melting.The cooperative alloying effects of Mo,V and Zr on the arc-melted and heat-treated microstructure,mechanical properties as well as oxidation resistance at 1250°C of the alloys were evaluated systematically.The results show that except for adding Mo solely,additions of Mo,V and Zr change the microstructure from eutectic to hypereutectic.The additions of Mo,V and Zr suppress the formation ofα(Nb,X)5 Si 3(“X”represents the alloying elements that substitute for Nb in the lattices),whilst promoting the formation ofγ(Nb,X)5 Si 3.The heat treatment at 1450°C for 50 h promotes the formation of(Nb,X)3 Si phase in the Zr-containing alloys.Alloying with either Mo or Zr improves,and their composite additions more obviously improve the compressive yield strength at 1250°C as well as the microhardness ofγ(Nb,X)5 Si 3.The room temperature fracture toughness of the alloys is enhanced by sole and composite additions of V and Zr,while it is deteriorated by the addition of Mo.The sole addition of Mo,V or Zr improves the oxidation resistance at 1250°C,the composite additions of V with Mo/Zr(especially V-Mo-Zr)degrade the oxidation resistance at 1250°C.
基金National Science Foundation of China(11364005,11174132)Foundation of the National Key Project for Basic Research(2010CB923402,2011CB922102)+1 种基金International Cooperation Project of Guizhou Province(2012-7002)National Science Foundation of Guizhou Province(2014-2059)
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21675151,21705145 and 21721003)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2016YFA0203203).
文摘NH_(3),derived from electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction(NRR),is promising to satisfy the need of food production and serve as a carbon-free liquid energy carrier in the near future.Yet major challenges remain in enhancing NH_(3) yield rate and conversion efficiency of available electrocatalysts.This work achieved an ultrahigh electrocatalytic NH_(3)yield rate on the_(0.50)Fe-Bi_(2)W0_(6) catalyst by a facile Fe-doped strategy.Up to 289μg·h^(-1)·mg_(cat)^(-1) of NH_(3) formation rate was obtained at-0.75 V vs.RHE,which was reliably quantized by indophenol blue and ^(1)H NMR methods.The impressive result is an order of magnitude higher than that of the reported Fe-and Bi-based catalysts,even more superior than the result of single atom Ru catalyst.The key of the outstanding NRR behaviors on the_(0.50)Fe-Bi_(2)W0_(6) catalyst is the significant hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)suppression and the synergy between Bi and Fe,which can effectively modulate the electron distribution and accelerate the electron transport.This work endows a new insight to further explore the high-performance electrocatalysts toward NRR.
