How the pan-genome is changing crop genomics and improvement

R Della Coletta, Y Qiu, S Ou, MB Hufford, CN Hirsch - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Crop genomics has seen dramatic advances in recent years due to improvements in
sequencing technology, assembly methods, and computational resources. These advances …

Rhizobial–host interactions and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legume crops toward agriculture sustainability

RK Goyal, AK Mattoo, MA Schmidt - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) process makes legume crops self-sufficient in nitrogen (N)
in sharp contrast to cereal crops that require an external input by N-fertilizers. Since the latter …

Assessment of Cas12a‐mediated gene editing efficiency in plants

JM Bernabé‐Orts, I Casas‐Rodrigo… - Plant biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The CRISPR/Cas12a editing system opens new possibilities for plant genome engineering.
To obtain a comparative assessment of RNA‐guided endonuclease (RGEN) types in plants …

The dawn of the age of multi-parent MAGIC populations in plant breeding: novel powerful next-generation resources for genetic analysis and selection of recombinant …

A Arrones, S Vilanova, M Plazas, G Mangino… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
The compelling need to increase global agricultural production requires new breeding
approaches that facilitate exploiting the diversity available in the plant genetic resources …

Advances and challenges for QTL analysis and GWAS in the plant-breeding of high-yielding: a focus on rapeseed

SU Khan, S Saeed, MHU Khan, C Fan, S Ahmar… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Yield is one of the most important agronomic traits for the breeding of rapeseed (Brassica
napus L), but its genetic dissection for the formation of high yield remains enigmatic, given …

Increasing Fruit Weight by Editing a Cis-Regulatory Element in Tomato KLUH Promoter Using CRISPR/Cas9

Q Li, Q Feng, A Snouffer, B Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing is a powerful approach to accelerate yield
enhancement to feed growing populations. Most applications focus on “negative regulators” …

Genome-wide association studies in the genetic dissection of ovule number, seed number, and seed weight in Brassica napus L.

SU Khan, J Yangmiao, S Liu, K Zhang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ovule number (ON), seed per silique (SS), and thousand seed weight (TSW) are the most
important but complex traits affecting yield. This study undertook genome-wide association …

A major QTL and candidate genes for capsaicinoid biosynthesis in the pericarp of Capsicum chinense revealed using QTL-seq and RNA-seq

M Park, JH Lee, K Han, S Jang, J Han, JH Lim… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Key message A major QTL and candidate genes controlling capsaicinoid content in the
pericarp were identified by QTL-seq and RNA-seq in Capsicum chinense. Abstract …

Protoplast Isolation and Shoot Regeneration from Protoplast-Derived Callus of Petunia hybrida Cv. Mirage Rose

HH Kang, AH Naing, CK Kim - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the increasing use of protoplasts in plant biotechnology research, shoot
regeneration from protoplasts remains challenging. In this study, we investigated the factors …

Quantitative trait loci controlling agronomic and biochemical traits in Cannabis sativa

P Woods, BJ Campbell, TJ Nicodemus, EB Cahoon… - Genetics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the genetic basis of complex traits is a fundamental goal of evolutionary
genetics. Yet, the genetics controlling complex traits in many important species such as …