The continued improvement of crop yield is a fundamental driver in agriculture and is the
goal of both plant breeders and researchers. Plant breeders have been remarkably …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are effectively applied to detect the marker trait
associations (MTAs) using whole genome-wide variants for complex quantitative traits in …

Identifying mechanisms and pathways involved in gene–environment interplay and
phenotypic plasticity is a long-standing challenge. It is highly desirable to establish an …

Plant diseases caused by diverse pathogens lead to serious reduction in crop yield and
threaten food security worldwide. Genetic improvement of plant immunity is considered as …

Current food systems are challenged by relying on a few input-intensive, staple crops. The
prioritization of yield and the loss of diversity during the recent history of domestication has …

In conjunction with big data analysis methods, plant omics technologies have provided
scientists with cost-effective and promising tools for discovering genetic architectures of …

Local adaptation to climate is common in plant species and has been studied in a range of
contexts, from improving crop yields to predicting population maladaptation to future …

Through the process of domestication, selection is targeted on a limited number of plant
traits that are typically associated with yield. As an unintended consequence, domesticated …

The cuticle, a hydrophobic layer of cutin and waxes synthesized by plant epidermal cells, is
the major barrier to water loss when stomata are closed. Dissecting the genetic architecture …

For identification of marker–trait associations (MTAs) for complex traits in animals and
plants, thousands of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were conducted during the …