Twenty years of plant genome sequencing: achievements and challenges

Y Sun, L Shang, QH Zhu, L Fan, L Guo - Trends in Plant Science, 2022 - cell.com
Publication of the complete genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana, the first plant
reference genome, in December 2000 heralded the beginning of the plant genome era …

Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China

J Xiao, B Liu, Y Yao, Z Guo, H Jia, L Kong… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major crop that feeds 40% of the world's population.
Over the past several decades, advances in genomics have led to tremendous …

Pangenome analysis provides insight into the evolution of the orange subfamily and a key gene for citric acid accumulation in citrus fruits

Y Huang, J He, Y Xu, W Zheng, S Wang, P Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The orange subfamily (Aurantioideae) contains several Citrus species cultivated worldwide,
such as sweet orange and lemon. The origin of Citrus species has long been debated and …

[HTML][HTML] A graph-based genome and pan-genome variation of the model plant Setaria

Q He, S Tang, H Zhi, J Chen, J Zhang, H Liang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Setaria italica (foxtail millet), a founder crop of East Asian agriculture, is a model plant for C4
photosynthesis and developing approaches to adaptive breeding across multiple climates …

[HTML][HTML] Pan-genome analysis of 33 genetically diverse rice accessions reveals hidden genomic variations

P Qin, H Lu, H Du, H Wang, W Chen, Z Chen, Q He… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Structural variations (SVs) and gene copy number variations (gCNVs) have contributed to
crop evolution, domestication, and improvement. Here, we assembled 31 high-quality …

Ensembl Genomes 2022: an expanding genome resource for non-vertebrates

AD Yates, J Allen, RM Amode, AG Azov… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Ensembl Genomes (https://www. ensemblgenomes. org) provides access to non-
vertebrate genomes and analysis complementing vertebrate resources developed by the …

[HTML][HTML] Population genomic analysis of Aegilops tauschii identifies targets for bread wheat improvement

K Gaurav, S Arora, P Silva, J Sánchez-Martín… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aegilops tauschii, the diploid wild progenitor of the D subgenome of bread wheat, is a
reservoir of genetic diversity for improving bread wheat performance and environmental …

Long-read sequence assembly: a technical evaluation in barley

M Mascher, T Wicker, J Jenkins, C Plott, T Lux… - The Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Sequence assembly of large and repeat-rich plant genomes has been challenging,
requiring substantial computational resources and often several complementary sequence …

TaCol-B5 modifies spike architecture and enhances grain yield in wheat

X Zhang, H Jia, T Li, J Wu, R Nagarajan, L Lei… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Spike architecture influences grain yield in wheat. We report the map-based cloning of a
gene determining the number of spikelet nodes per spike in common wheat. The cloned …

[HTML][HTML] Two gap-free reference genomes and a global view of the centromere architecture in rice

JM Song, WZ Xie, S Wang, YX Guo, DH Koo, D Kudrna… - Molecular plant, 2021 - cell.com
Rice (Oryza sativa), a major staple throughout the world and a model system for plant
genomics and breeding, was the first crop genome sequenced almost two decades ago …