title: Shaping a better rice plant.
abstract: Two studies describe how regulatory variation at the rice gene OsSPL14 can lead to altered plant morphology and improve grain yield. These studies support the possibility of improving rice yield through changing plant architecture.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Springer
mesh_terms: D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D012275:Oryza / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*; D018514:Plant Structures; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified