Seed development in angiosperms produces three genetically and developmentally distinct
sub-compartments: the embryo, endosperm, and seed coat. The maternally derived seed …

Seeds are valuable sources of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, fibers, minerals, and vitamins.
They provide energy and nutrition to germinating seedlings, food to humans, feed to …

Abstract Background Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertions/deletions
(InDels) are the major genetic variations and are distributed extensively across the whole …

Background Coffea arabica L. is an economically important agricultural crop and the most
popular beverage worldwide. As a perennial crop with recalcitrant seed, conservation of the …

Abstract Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) was applied in a set of 53 diploid Prunus
rootstocks and five scion cultivars from three subgenera (Amygdalus, Prunus and Cerasus) …

Abstract Background The Philippines is among the top 10 major exporters of mango
worldwide. However, genomic studies of Philippine mangoes remain largely unexplored …

Simple Summary Snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) production and quality have been
negatively impacted by two whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses: cucurbit leaf crumple virus …

The possible persistence of genetically modified (GM) crop-to-wild hybrid seeds in the soil
seed bank is a major concern in risk assessment and is closely related to seed …

Rapeseed (Brassica napus) supplies about half of the vegetable oil in China. Increasing oil
production and searching for genes that control oil content in the crop are research goals. In …

Abstract Evaluation of genetic uniformity is important in a perennial plant like coffee
propagated through somatic embryogenesis. In this study, we compared the genetic …