Advances in genomic interventions for wheat biofortification: a review

DK Saini, P Devi, P Kaushik - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wheat is an essential constituent of cereal-based diets, and one of the most significant
sources of calories. However, modern wheat varieties are low in proteins and minerals …

[HTML][HTML] Breeding by selective introgression: Theory, practices, and lessons learned from rice

F Zhang, Y Shi, J Ali, J Xu, Z Li - The Crop Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Future demands for increased productivity and resilience to abiotic/biotic stresses of major
crops require new technologies of breeding by design (BBD) built on massive information …

The application of multi-locus GWAS for the detection of salt-tolerance loci in rice

Y Cui, F Zhang, Y Zhou - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Improving the salt-tolerance of direct-seeding rice at the seed germination stage is a major
goal of breeders. Efficiently identifying salt tolerance loci will help researchers develop …

Genetic dissection and simultaneous improvement of drought and low nitrogen tolerances by designed QTL pyramiding in rice

B Feng, K Chen, Y Cui, Z Wu, T Zheng, Y Zhu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drought and low nitrogen are the most common abiotic stresses limiting rice productivity in
the rainfed rice areas of Asia and Africa. Development and adoption of green super rice …

Simultaneous improvement and genetic dissection of drought tolerance using selected breeding populations of rice

Y Cui, W Zhang, X Lin, S Xu, J Xu, Z Li - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drought is the most important factor limiting rice yield in most rainfed areas of Asia and
Africa. Four large BC2F2 populations consisted of 3,200 individuals, which were derived …

QTL and QTL networks for cold tolerance at the reproductive stage detected using selective introgression in rice

Y Liang, L Meng, X Lin, Y Cui, Y Pang, J Xu, Z Li - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Low temperature stress is one of the major abiotic stresses limiting the productivity of Geng
(japonica) rice grown the temperate regions as well as in tropical high lands worldwide. To …

QTL mapping for haploid male fertility by a segregation distortion method and fine mapping of a key QTL qhmf4 in maize

J Ren, P Wu, X Tian, T Lübberstedt, S Chen - Theoretical and Applied …, 2017 - Springer
Key message Four QTL related to haploid male fertility were detected by a segregation
distortion method and the key QTL qhmf4 was fine mapped to an interval of~ 800 kb …

Mapping of QTL and identification of candidate genes conferring spontaneous haploid genome doubling in maize (Zea mays L.)

J Ren, NA Boerman, R Liu, P Wu, B Trampe, K Vanous… - Plant Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In vivo doubled haploid (DH) technology is widely used in commercial maize (Zea mays L.)
breeding. Haploid genome doubling is a critical step in DH breeding. In this study, inbred …

Transmission ratio distortion is frequent in Arabidopsis thaliana controlled crosses

DK Seymour, E Chae, BI Arioz, D Koenig, D Weigel - Heredity, 2019 - nature.com
The equal probability of transmission of alleles from either parent during sexual reproduction
is a central tenet of genetics and evolutionary biology. Yet, there are many cases where this …

Seed protein content and its relationships with agronomic traits in pigeonpea is controlled by both main and epistatic effects QTLs

J Obala, RK Saxena, VK Singh, SM Kale, V Garg… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The genetic architecture of seed protein content (SPC) and its relationships to agronomic
traits in pigeonpea is poorly understood. Accordingly, five F2 populations segregating for …