The changing climate scenarios harshen the biotic stresses including boosting up the
population of insect/pest and disease, uplifting weed growth, declining soil beneficial …

Alongside the use of fertilizer and chemical control of weeds, pests, and diseases modern
breeding has been very successful in generating cultivars that have increased agricultural …

Understanding the evolutionary history of crops, including identifying wild relatives, helps to
provide insight for conservation and crop breeding efforts. Cultivated Brassica oleracea has …

Simple Summary Many crops including wheat have a narrow genetic base after hundreds of
years of breeding and selection. This makes it difficult to breed new varieties with increased …

Legumes represent the second most important family of crop plants after grasses,
accounting for approximately 27% of the world's crop production. Past domestication …

Changes in crop yield and production over time are driven by a combination of genetics,
agronomics, and climate. Disentangling the role of these various influences helps us …

Malnutrition, comprising undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and overnutrition, is more
widespread than hunger per se and affects most nations around the globe. The diversity and …

Pepper (Capsicum spp.) is one of the most important vegetable crops; however, pepper
genomic studies lag behind those of other important Solanaceae. Here we present the …

Improved genetic, genomic and statistical technologies have increased the capacity to
enrich breeding populations for key alleles underpinning adaptation and continued genetic …

Drought and salinity are the major environmental abiotic stresses that negatively impact crop
development and yield. To improve yields under abiotic stress conditions, drought-and …