Omics approaches in Allium research: Progress and way ahead

K Khandagale, R Krishna, P Roylawar, AB Ade… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background The genus Allium (Family: Amaryllidaceae) is an economically important group
of crops cultivated worldwide for their use as a vegetable and spices. Alliums are also well …

The Amaryllidaceae alkaloids: biosynthesis and methods for enzyme discovery

MB Kilgore, TM Kutchan - Phytochemistry reviews, 2016 - Springer
Amaryllidaceae alkaloids are an example of the vast diversity of secondary metabolites with
great therapeutic promise. The identification of novel compounds in this group with over 300 …

Turning garlic into a modern crop: State of the art and perspectives

R Parreño, E Rodríguez-Alcocer, C Martínez-Guardiola… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Garlic is cultivated worldwide for the value of its bulbs, but its cultivation is challenged by the
infertility of commercial cultivars and the accumulation of pathogens over time, which occurs …

Traditional and Novel Approaches in Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Breeding

E Shemesh-Mayer, R Kamenetsky-Goldstein - Advances in Plant …, 2021 - Springer
Garlic is an important vegetable, aromatic and nutraceutical crop. The constant increase in
garlic production and the demand for garlic products with specific characteristics require …

Construction of a high-density linkage map and graphical representation of the arrangement of transcriptome-based unigene markers on the chromosomes of onion …

S Fujito, TY Akyol, T Mukae, T Wako, K Yamashita… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Genomic information for Allium cepa L. is limited as it is heterozygous
and its genome is very large. To elucidate potential SNP markers obtained by NGS, we used …

SNP-markers in Allium species to facilitate introgression breeding in onion

OE Scholten, MPW van Kaauwen, A Shahin… - BMC Plant …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Within onion, Allium cepa L., the availability of disease resistance is
limited. The identification of sources of resistance in related species, such as Allium roylei …

Microsatellite analysis and marker development in garlic: distribution in EST sequence, genetic diversity analysis, and marker transferability across Alliaceae

K Barboza, V Beretta, PC Kozub, C Salinas… - Molecular genetics and …, 2018 - Springer
Allium vegetables, such as garlic and onion, have understudied genomes and limited
molecular resources, hindering advances in genetic research and breeding of these …

De Novo Assembly and Annotation of the Chinese Chive (Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spr.) Transcriptome Using the Illumina Platform

SM Zhou, LM Chen, SQ Liu, XF Wang, XD Sun - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Chinese chive (A. tuberosum Rottler ex Spr.) is one of the most widely cultivated Allium
species in China. However, minimal transcriptomic and genomic data are available to reveal …

Doubled Haploid 'CUDH2107' as a Reference for Bulb Onion (Allium cepa L.) Research: Development of a Transcriptome Catalogue and Identification of Transcripts …

JS Khosa, R Lee, S Bräuning, J Lord, M Pither-Joyce… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Researchers working on model plants have derived great benefit from developing genomic
and genetic resources using 'reference'genotypes. Onion has a large and highly …

Bunching onion

A Yamasaki, H Tsukazaki - Edible Alliums: Botany, Production …, 2022 - cabidigitallibrary.org
None Many tillers Yunnan, Bei cong Whole plant or leaf blades hence the massive build-up
of cuticular wax occurs in summer, in most varieties. This wax undergoes microstructural …