Soil salinity is one of the most serious environmental challenges, posing a growing threat to
agriculture across the world. Soil salinity has a significant impact on rice growth …

Heterosis refers to the phenomenon that progeny of diverse varieties of a species or crosses
between species exhibit greater biomass, speed of development, and fertility than both …

The genetic basis of hybrid vigor in plants remains largely unsolved but strong evidence
suggests that variation in transcriptional regulation can explain many aspects of this …

Abstract Background Maize (Zea mays) is a globally produced crop with broad genetic and
phenotypic variation. New tools that improve our understanding of the genetic basis of …

Dongxiang wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) is the progenitor of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa
L.), and is well known for its superior level of tolerance against cold, drought and diseases …

Typically, F1-hybrids are more vigorous than their homozygous, genetically distinct parents,
a phenomenon known as heterosis. In the present study, the transcriptomes of the reciprocal …

Background Heterosis is a phenomenon in which hybrids exhibit superior performance
relative to parental phenotypes. In addition to the heterosis of above-ground agronomic traits …

Key message Complementing genomic data with other “omics” predictors can increase the
probability of success for predicting the best hybrid combinations using complex agronomic …

Hybridization between different species can result in the emergence of new lineages and
adaptive phenotypes. Occasionally, hybridization in fungal organisms can drive the …

Grouping of germplasm and prediction of hybrid performance and heterosis are important
applications in hybrid breeding programs. Gene expression analysis is a promising tool to …