Biotechnological advances to improve abiotic stress tolerance in crops

MA Villalobos-López, A Arroyo-Becerra… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The major challenges that agriculture is facing in the twenty-first century are increasing
droughts, water scarcity, flooding, poorer soils, and extreme temperatures due to climate …

Exploring impact of recombination landscapes on breeding outcomes

R Epstein, N Sajai, M Zelkowski… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Plant breeding relies on crossing-over to create novel combinations of alleles needed to
confer increased productivity and other desired traits in new varieties. However, crossover …

m6A-Atlas v2.0: updated resources for unraveling the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) epitranscriptome among multiple species

Z Liang, H Ye, J Ma, Z Wei, Y Wang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract N 6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most abundant internal chemical
modifications on eukaryote mRNA and is involved in numerous essential molecular …

PlantPAN 4.0: Updated database for identifying conserved non-coding sequences and exploring dynamic transcriptional regulation in plant promoters

CN Chow, CW Yang, NY Wu, HT Wang… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract PlantPAN 4.0 (http://PlantPAN. itps. ncku. edu. tw/) is an integrative resource for
constructing transcriptional regulatory networks for diverse plant species. In this release, the …

A key to totipotency: Wuschel‐like homeobox 2a unlocks embryogenic culture response in maize (Zea mays L.)

FL McFarland, R Collier, N Walter… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ability of plant somatic cells to dedifferentiate, form somatic embryos and regenerate
whole plants in vitro has been harnessed for both clonal propagation and as a key …

GrainGenes: a data-rich repository for small grains genetics and genomics

E Yao, VC Blake, L Cooper, CP Wight, S Michel… - Database, 2022 - academic.oup.com
As one of the US Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service flagship
databases, GrainGenes (https://wheat. pw. usda. gov) serves the data and community needs …

Pan-genome analysis sheds light on structural variation-based dissection of agronomic traits in melon crops

X Lyu, Y Xia, C Wang, K Zhang, G Deng… - Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sweetness and appearance of fresh fruits are key palatable and preference attributes for
consumers and are often controlled by multiple genes. However, fine-mapping the key loci …

PCMDB: a curated and comprehensive resource of plant cell markers

J Jin, P Lu, Y Xu, J Tao, Z Li, S Wang, S Yu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The advent of single-cell sequencing opened a new era in transcriptomic and genomic
research. To understand cell composition using single-cell studies, a variety of cell markers …

A leucine‐rich repeat receptor kinase gene confers quantitative susceptibility to maize southern leaf blight

C Chen, Y Zhao, G Tabor, H Nian, J Phillips… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Southern leaf blight (SLB), caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Cochliobolus
heterostrophus (anamorph Bipolaris maydis), is a major foliar disease which causes …

Updated guidelines for gene nomenclature in wheat

SA Boden, RA McIntosh, C Uauy, SG Krattinger… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2023 - Springer
Key message Here, we provide an updated set of guidelines for naming genes in wheat that
has been endorsed by the wheat research community. Abstract The last decade has seen a …