With the availability of DNA-based molecular markers during early 1980s and that of
sophisticated statistical tools in late 1980s and later, it became possible to identify genomic …

Novel high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) approaches are needed to advance the
understanding of genotype-to-phenotype and accelerate plant breeding. The first generation …

Plant caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase (COMT) has been implicated in the lignin
biosynthetic pathway through catalyzing the multi-step methylation reactions of hydroxylated …

Slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) is an important timber and resin species in the United
States, China, Brazil and other countries. Understanding the genetic basis of these traits will …

Iron bioavailability varies dramatically between soil types across the globe. This has given
rise to high levels of natural variation in plant iron responses, allowing members of even a …

Australian lentil production is affected by several major biotic constraints including
Ascochyta blight (AB), caused by Ascochyta lentis, a devastating fungal disease. Cultivation …

The nutritional integrity of wheat is jeopardized by rapidly rising atmospheric carbon dioxide
(CO2) and the associated emergence and enhanced virulence of plant pathogens. To …

Durum wheat landraces have a high potential for breeding but they remain underexploited
due to several factors, including the insufficient evaluation of these plant materials and the …

Background Lodging or stem bending decreases wheat yield quality and quantity. Thus, the
traits reflected in early lodging wheat are helpful for early monitoring to some extent. In order …

Stem fiber, stem strength and stem-rot resistance are important agronomic traits in Brassica
napus. To understand the molecular mechanism that controls the stem-related traits, we …