Hexaploid oat (Avena sativa L., 2n= 6x= 42) is a member of the Poaceae family and has a
large genome (∼ 12.5 Gb) containing 21 chromosome pairs from three ancestral genomes …

Fusarium head blight (FHB) or scab is a devastating disease of barley that severely reduces
the yield and quality of the grain. Additionally, mycotoxins produced by the causal Fusarium …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), one of the most widely cultivated cereal crops, possesses a large
genome of 5.1 Gbp. Through various international collaborations, the genome has recently …

Nuclear genomes of human, animals, and plants are organized into subunits called
chromosomes. When isolated into aqueous suspension, mitotic chromosomes can be …

The demand for cereal grains as a main source of energy continues to increase due to the
rapid increase in world population. The leaf rust diseases of cereals cause significant yield …

Predicting genetic variances of biparental populations has been a long‐standing goal for
plant breeders. The ability to discriminate among crosses with similarly predicted high …

Over the past half century, the use of nitrogen (N) fertilizers has markedly increased crop
yields, but with considerable negative effects on the environment and human health …

The ability to access alleles from unadapted germplasm collections is a long-standing
problem for geneticists and breeders. Here we developed, characterized, and demonstrated …

The many quantitative traits of interest to plant breeders are often genetically correlated,
which can complicate progress from selection. Improving multiple traits may be enhanced by …

Key message We report malt quality QTLs relevant to breeding with greater precision than
previous mapping studies. The distribution of favorable alleles suggests strategies for …