Bulk segregation analysis (BSA) utilizes a strategy of pooling individuals with extreme
phenotypes to conduct economical and rapidly linked marker screening or quantitative trait …

Trehalose is a quantitatively important compatible solute and stress protectant in many
organisms, including green algae and primitive plants. These functions have largely been …

Counting all k-mers in a given dataset is a standard procedure in many bioinformatics
applications. We introduce KMC3, a significant improvement of the former KMC2 algorithm …

Identification of causal mutations in barley and wheat is hampered by their large genomes
and suppressed recombination. To overcome these obstacles, we have developed …

Chemical mutagenesis efficiently generates phenotypic variation in otherwise
homogeneous genetic backgrounds, enabling functional analysis of genes. Advances in …

The long-lasting success of forward genetic screens relies on the simple molecular basis of
the characterized phenotypes, which are typically caused by mutations in single genes …

In terrestrial ecosystems, plants take up phosphate predominantly via association with
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). We identified loss of responsiveness to AMF in the rice …

Medicinal plants produce important substrates for their adaptation and defenses against
environmental factors and, at the same time, are used for traditional medicine and industrial …

Two photomorphogenic mutants of rice, coleoptile photomorphogenesis 2 (cpm2) and
hebiba, were found to be defective in the gene encoding allene oxide cyclase (Os AOC) by …

Conventional genetic engineering techniques generate modifications in the genome via
stable integration of DNA elements which do not occur naturally in this combination …