Cotton is an irreplaceable economic crop currently domesticated in the human world for its
extremely elongated fiber cells specialized in seed epidermis, which makes it of high …

Current global agricultural production must feed over 7 billion people. However, productivity
varies greatly across the globe and is under threat from both increased competitions for land …

Breeding of crops over millennia for yield and productivity has led to reduced genetic
diversity. As a result, beneficial traits of wild species, such as disease resistance and stress …

Soybean (Glycine max), as an economically important food and oilseedcrop, is a major
source of plant proteins and oils. Although considerable progress has been made in …

Soybean is one of the most important oilseed and fodder crops. Benefiting from the efforts of
soybean breeders and the development of breeding technology, large number of …

Abstract Background Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) is one of the most important oil and
protein crops. Ever-increasing soybean consumption necessitates the improvement of …

BACKGROUND Among tens of thousands edible plants, several hundred are cultivated
throughout the world, but fewer than a dozen comprise the majority of consumed calories …

Highlights•Conserved and diverged functions of flowering time genes in Arabidopsis and
crops.•Flowering time regulation in crops via pathways unique to certain species.•Allelic …

The continued improvement of crop yield is a fundamental driver in agriculture and is the
goal of both plant breeders and researchers. Plant breeders have been remarkably …

MYB transcription factors (TFs) have been reported to regulate the biosynthesis of
secondary metabolites, as well as to mediate plant adaption to abiotic stresses, including …