Celebrating Mendel, McClintock, and Darlington: on end-to-end chromosome fusions and nested chromosome fusions

MA Lysak - The Plant Cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of eukaryotic genomes is accompanied by fluctuations in chromosome
number, reflecting cycles of chromosome number increase (polyploidy and centric fissions) …

The genome of the warm-season turfgrass African bermudagrass (Cynodon transvaalensis)

F Cui, G Taier, M Li, X Dai, N Hang, X Zhang… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cynodon species can be used for multiple purposes and have high economic and
ecological significance. However, the genetic basis of the favorable agronomic traits of …

[HTML][HTML] Research Progress and Prospects of Molecular Breeding in Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)

X Sun, Q Fu, Y Song, X Deng, Y Li, K Wu, S Li… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.) is a warm-season grass species of significant
ecological and economic importance. It is widely utilized in turf management and forage …

Genetic diversity and population structure of bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) revealed by genotyping-by-sequencing

L Singh, Y Wu, JD McCurdy, BR Stewart… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) breeding and cultivar development is hampered by limited
information regarding its genetic and phenotypic diversity. To explore diversity in …

Whole‐genome sequencing of allotetraploid bermudagrass reveals the origin of Cynodon and candidate genes for salt tolerance

H Wang, T Fang, X Li, Y Xie, W Wang, T Hu… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) is a globally distributed, extensively used warm‐season
turf and forage grass with high tolerance to salinity and drought stress in alkaline …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and prospects of bermudagrass research in the last decade

J Fan, Y Xiang, B Zhang, M Noor, J Zhang… - Grass Research, 2024 - maxapress.com
Bermudagrass is a widely distributed grass worldwide. The well-developed stolons and
rhizomes, good palatability, and strong tolerance against diverse environmental stresses …

Genomic constitution, allopolyploidy, and evolutionary proposal for Cynodon Rich. based on GISH

ALA Chaves, PHM Carvalho, MTM Ferreira… - Protoplasma, 2022 - Springer
Polyploidy is the main mechanism for chromosome number variation in Cynodon.
Taxonomic boundaries are difficult to define and, although phylogenetic studies indicate that …

Uncovering the genomic diversity of the wild forage crop Setaria sphacelata

AL Franco, ALS Azevedo, AC Reis, EM Matos… - Crop …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Grasses are considered one of the most important angiosperm groups in economic terms.
The Setaria sphacelata complex is an intriguing species with considerable variation in …

Genetic and QTL mapping in African bermudagrass

S Yu, T Fang, H Dong, L Yan, DL Martin… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt‐Davy is frequently used to cross with C. dactylon
Pers. in the creation of F1 hybrid cultivars that are some of the most widely used in the …

Genetic variability and QTL mapping of morphological traits and inflorescence prolificacy in African bermudagrass

S Yu, CH Fontanier, L Yan, DL Martin, JQ Moss… - Crop …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract African bermudagrass (Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt‐Davy)(2n= 2x= 18) has
unique morphological characteristics such as finer leaf blades and shorter internodes that …