Back into the wild—Apply untapped genetic diversity of wild relatives for crop improvement

H Zhang, N Mittal, LJ Leamy, O Barazani… - Evolutionary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Deleterious effects of climate change and human activities, as well as diverse environmental
stresses, present critical challenges to food production and the maintenance of natural …

Wild relatives of maize, rice, cotton, and soybean: treasure troves for tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses

J Mammadov, R Buyyarapu, SK Guttikonda… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Global food demand is expected to nearly double by 2050 due to an increase in the world's
population. The Green Revolution has played a key role in the past century by increasing …

Regulating the regulators: the control of transcription factors in plant defense signaling

DWK Ng, JK Abeysinghe, M Kamali - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Being sessile, plants rely on intricate signaling pathways to mount an efficient defense
against external threats while maintaining the cost balance for growth. Transcription factors …

Plant adaptation to climate change—Where are we?

JT Anderson, BH Song - Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change poses critical challenges for population persistence in natural communities,
for agriculture and environmental sustainability, and for food security. In this review, we …

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] Breeding: History, Improvement, Production and Future Opportunities

EJ Anderson, ML Ali, WD Beavis, P Chen… - Advances in plant …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., has been grown as a forage and as an important
protein and oil crop for thousands of years. Domestication, breeding improvements and …

The Untapped Genetic Reservoir: The Past, Current, and Future Applications of the Wild Soybean (Glycine soja)

J Kofsky, H Zhang, BH Song - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
There is a considerable demand for crop improvement, especially considering the
increasing growth of world population, continuing climatic fluctuations, and rapidly evolving …

Exploring soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematode

AF Bent - Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Resistance to the soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is a topic incorporating multiple
mechanisms and multiple types of science. It is also a topic of substantial agricultural …

Identification of a candidate gene associated with isoflavone content in soybean seeds using genome‐wide association and linkage mapping

D Wu, D Li, X Zhao, Y Zhan, W Teng, L Qiu… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Isoflavone, a secondary metabolite produced by Glycine max (L.) Merr.(soybean), is
valuable for human and plant health. The genetic architecture of soybean isoflavone content …

Neglected treasures in the wild—legume wild relatives in food security and human health

H Zhang, F Yasmin, BH Song - Current opinion in plant biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Underexploited wild legumes represent a large and diverse gene
pool.•Advanced biotechnologies can promote the discovery of useful variations.•Ecological …

Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction for Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance in USDA Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Core Collection

A Shi, P Gepts, Q Song, H Xiong, TE Michaels… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN, Heterodera glycines) has become the major yield-limiting
biological factor in soybean production. Common bean is also a good host of SCN, and its …