Background DNA markers improved the productivity and accuracy of classical plant
breeding by means of marker-assisted selection (MAS). The enormous number of …

Natural variants of crops are generated from wild progenitor plants under both natural and
human selection. Diverse crops that are able to adapt to various environmental conditions …

Cereal grasses of the Triticeae tribe have been the major food source in temperate regions
since the dawn of agriculture. Their large genomes are characterized by a high content of …

Genebanks hold comprehensive collections of cultivars, landraces and crop wild relatives of
all major food crops, but their detailed characterization has so far been limited to sparse core …

In polyploid species, altering a trait by random mutagenesis is highly inefficient due to gene
redundancy. We have stably transformed tetraploid oilseed rape (Brassica napus) with a …

High-throughput genotyping arrays continue to be an attractive, cost-effective alternative to
sequencing based approaches. We have developed a new 50k Illumina Infinium iSelect …

There is a rapidly rising trend in the development and application of molecular marker
assays for gene mapping and discovery in field crops and trees. Thus far, more than 50 SNP …

Identification of causal mutations in barley and wheat is hampered by their large genomes
and suppressed recombination. To overcome these obstacles, we have developed …

In the last decade, the revolution in sequencing technologies has deeply impacted crop
genotyping practice. New methods allowing rapid, high‐throughput genotyping of entire …

After domestication, during a process of widespread range extension, barley adapted to a
broad spectrum of agricultural environments. To explore how the barley genome responded …