Promises and challenges of crop translational genomics

M Mascher, M Jayakodi, H Shim, N Stein - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Crop translational genomics applies breeding techniques based on genomic datasets to
improve crops. Technological breakthroughs in the past ten years have made it possible to …

Recent Advances in Assembly of Complex Plant Genomes

W Kong, Y Wang, S Zhang, J Yu… - Genomics, Proteomics & …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Over the past 20 years, tremendous advances in sequencing technologies and
computational algorithms have spurred plant genomic research into a thriving era with …

Allele-aware chromosome-level genome assembly of Artemisia annua reveals the correlation between ADS expansion and artemisinin yield

B Liao, X Shen, L Xiang, S Guo, S Chen, Y Meng… - Molecular plant, 2022 - cell.com
Artemisia annua is the major natural source of artemisinin, an anti-malarial medicine
commonly used worldwide. Here, we present chromosome-level haploid maps for two A …

A unified framework to analyze transposable element insertion polymorphisms using graph genomes

C Groza, X Chen, TJ Wheeler, G Bourque… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Transposable elements are ubiquitous mobile DNA sequences generating insertion
polymorphisms, contributing to genomic diversity. We present GraffiTE, a flexible pipeline to …

Haplotype-resolved genome of heterozygous African cassava cultivar TMEB117 (Manihot esculenta)

M Landi, T Shah, L Falquet, A Niazi, L Stavolone… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a vital tropical root crop providing essential
dietary energy to over 800 million people in tropical and subtropical regions. As a climate …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9-generated mutations in a sugar transporter gene reduce cassava susceptibility to bacterial blight

K Elliott, KM Veley, G Jensen, KB Gilbert… - Plant …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bacteria from the genus Xanthomonas are prolific phytopathogens that elicit disease in over
400 plant species. Xanthomonads carry a repertoire of specialized proteins called …

Whole-genome long-read TAPS deciphers DNA methylation patterns at base resolution using PacBio SMRT sequencing technology

J Chen, J Cheng, X Chen, M Inoue, Y Liu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Long-read sequencing provides valuable information on difficult-to-map genomic regions,
which can complement short-read sequencing to improve genome assembly, yet limited …

Exploring pan-genomes: an overview of resources and tools for unraveling structure, function, and evolution of crop genes and genomes

S Naithani, CH Deng, SK Sahu, P Jaiswal - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The availability of multiple sequenced genomes from a single species made it possible to
explore intra-and inter-specific genomic comparisons at higher resolution and build clade …

Haplotype resolved chromosome level genome assembly of Citrus australis reveals disease resistance and other citrus specific genes

U Nakandala, AK Masouleh, MW Smith… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Recent advances in genome sequencing and assembly techniques have made it possible to
achieve chromosome level reference genomes for citrus. Relatively few genomes have …

[HTML][HTML] Mutations in DNA polymerase δ subunit 1 co-segregate with CMD2-type resistance to Cassava Mosaic Geminiviruses

YW Lim, BN Mansfeld, P Schläpfer, KB Gilbert… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) suppresses cassava yields across the tropics. The
dominant CMD2 locus confers resistance to cassava mosaic geminiviruses. It has been …