Rice tillering is a multigenic trait that influences grain yield,but up to now its regulation network is poorly understood.Dr.Chong Kang’s Lab reported a miMTD(miRNA/MADS/TCP/D14)regulation network to control rice tillering.At the same time,a novel function in tiller and axillary bud development has been uncovered for OsMADS57,a member of the highly conserved MADS-box transcription factors family.Data both in vivo(ChIP)and in vitro(EMSA,yeast one-hybrid,transcriptional repression activity assay)suggested that OsMADS57 directly bounded D14,a gene encoding the receptor of new phytohor- Rice tillering is a multigenic trait that affects grain yield, but up to now its regulation network is poorly understood. Dr. Chung Kang’s Lab reported a miMTD (miRNA / MADS / TCP / D14) regulation network to control rice tillering. At the same time , a novel function in tiller and axillary bud development has been uncovered for OsMADS57, a member of the highly conserved MADS-box transcription factors family. Data both in vivo (ChIP) and in vitro (EMSA, yeast one-hybrid, transcriptional repression activity assay suggested that OsMADS57 directly bounded D14, a gene encoding the receptor of new phytohor-