“…This trait is different from the multilocular phenotype in Brassica plants, such as tetra-locular Brassica rapa (Yadava et al, 2014;Lee et al, 2018), multilocular Brassica juncea (Xiao et al, 2013;Xu et al, 2014), etc., which increases the number of locules in a silique. However, similar phenomena described as "multi-pistil" have been reported in wheat (Triticum aestivum) (Yang et al, 2011(Yang et al, , 2017Duan et al, 2015;Wei, 2017;Guo et al, 2019;Zhu et al, 2019;Yu et al, 2020), rice (Oryza sativa) (Zheng et al, 2019), sweet cherry (Prunus avium) (Liu et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2019), and alfalfa (Medicago sativa) (Nair et al, 2008). In wheat, increasing the number of grains per spike is considered to be vital for maximizing its yield potential (Wei, 2017;Zhu et al, 2019;Yu et al, 2020).…”