Over the last 10 years, high-density SNP arrays and DNA re-sequencing have illuminated
the majority of the genotypic space for a number of organisms, including humans, maize …

Natural variants of crops are generated from wild progenitor plants under both natural and
human selection. Diverse crops that are able to adapt to various environmental conditions …

Studies in model organisms have yielded considerable insights into the etiology of disease
and our understanding of evolutionary processes. Caenorhabditis elegans is among the …

Increasing soil salinization largely impacts crop yield worldwide. To deal with salinity stress,
plants exhibit an array of responses, including root system architecture remodelling. Here …

Plants in their natural ecosystems interact with numerous microorganisms, but how they
influence their microbiota is still elusive. We observed that sulfatase activity in soil, which …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is an important dietary source of both essential micronutrients and toxic
trace elements for humans. The genetic basis underlying the variations in the mineral …

Plants undergo developmental changes throughout their life history. Senescence, the final
stage in the life history of a leaf, is an important and unique developmental process whereby …

Iron deficiency hampers photosynthesis and is associated with chlorosis. We recently
showed that iron deficiency-induced chlorosis depends on phosphorus availability. How …

Root system architecture (RSA), the distribution of roots in soil, plays a major role in plant
survival. RSA is shaped by multiple developmental processes that are largely governed by …

With the availability of DNA-based molecular markers during early 1980s and that of
sophisticated statistical tools in late 1980s and later, it became possible to identify genomic …