Domesticated crops have been disseminated by humans over vast geographic areas.
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) was introduced in Europe after 1492. Here, by …

Background Modern civilization depends on only a few plant species for its nourishment.
These crops were derived via several thousands of years of human selection that …

All crops are the product of a domestication process that started less than 12,000 years ago
from one or more wild populations,. Farmers selected desirable phenotypic traits (such as …

A new study reports the genome of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and genome-wide
resequencing data from both wild and domesticated accessions. These data confirm that …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume for human
consumption and has a role in sustainable agriculture owing to its ability to fix atmospheric …

Knowledge about the origins and evolution of crop species represents an important
prerequisite for efficient conservation and use of existing plant materials. This study was …

The role of genetic diversity is crucial for future improvements to meet societal demand for
food security under a climate change scenario. From this perspective, it is thus crucial to …

Crop species have been deeply affected by the domestication process, and there have been
many efforts to identify selection signatures at the genome level. This knowledge will help …

Using RNA sequencing technology and de novo transcriptome assembly, we compared
representative sets of wild and domesticated accessions of common bean (Phaseolus …

Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.), one of the five domesticated Phaseolus bean crops,
shows a wide range of ecological adaptations along its distribution range from Mexico to …