Background Worldwide, the cultivated potato, Solanum tuberosum L., is the No. 1 vegetable
crop and a critical food security crop. The genome sequence of DM1–3 516 R44, a doubled …

Hull-less seed trait is preferred by nut and oil industries worldwide for snacking and oil
extraction as it evades the expensive decorticating (dehulling) process. This seed trait is …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important crops with a worldwide
production of 370 million metric tons. The objectives of this study were (1) to create a high …

The reinvention of potato, from a tetraploid clonal crop into a diploid seed-based hybrid crop,
requires insight in the mutational load, recombination landscape, and the genetic basis of …

Background Peanut smut is a disease caused by the fungus Thecaphora frezii Carranza &
Lindquist to which most commercial cultivars in South America are highly susceptible. It is …

Late blight is a disease with the biggest economic impact on potato cultivation worldwide.
Pyramiding of the resistance genes originating from potato wild relatives is a breeding …

Background Cultivated chrysanthemum is an outcrossing hexaploid (2n= 6×= 54) with a
disputed mode of inheritance. In this paper, we present a single nucleotide polymorphism …

Abstract Background and Aims Two main types of triploid limes are produced worldwide.
The 'Tahiti'lime type (Citrus latifolia) is predominant, while the 'Tanepao'type (C. aurantiifolia) …

Segregation distortion is commonly detected via genetic mapping and this phenomenon has
been reported in many species. However, the genetic causes of the segregation distortion …

Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) RD Webster is one of the most important African forage
grasses in Brazilian beef production. Currently available genetic-genomic resources for this …