Global food security demands the development and delivery of new technologies to
increase and secure cereal production on finite arable land without increasing water and …

Rice (Oryza sativa) provides a staple food source for more than half the world population.
However, the current pace of rice breeding in yield growth is insufficient to meet the food …

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 …

Association mapping through linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis is a powerful tool for the
dissection of complex agronomic traits and for the identification of alleles that can contribute …

Hybrid breeding promises to boost yield and stability. The single most important element in
implementing hybrid breeding is the recognition of a high-yielding heterotic pattern. We …

Abstract Perceived by Charles Darwin in many vegetable plants and rediscovered by
George H Shull and Edward M East in maize, heterosis or hybrid vigour is one of the most …

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 …

Rice (Oryza sativa) provides a staple food source for more than 50% of the world's
population. An increase in yield can significantly contribute to global food security. Hybrid …

The ability to predict traits from genome-wide sequence information (ie, genomic prediction)
has improved our understanding of the genetic basis of complex traits and transformed …

Hybrids between genetically diverse varieties display enhanced growth, and increased total
biomass, stress resistance and grain yield. Gene expression and metabolic studies in maize …