Plant breeders face multiple global challenges that affect food security, productivity,
accessibility, and nutritional quality. One major challenge for plant breeders is developing …

Differences between plant genomes range from single nucleotide polymorphisms to large-
scale duplications, deletions and rearrangements. The large polymorphisms are termed …

A complete telomere-to-telomere (T2T) finished genome has been the long pursuit of
genomic research. Through generating deep coverage ultralong Oxford Nanopore …

We report de novo genome assemblies, transcriptomes, annotations, and methylomes for
the 26 inbreds that serve as the founders for the maize nested association mapping …

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 …

Common wheat (Triticum aestivum, BBAADD) is a major staple food crop worldwide. The
diploid progenitors of the A and D subgenomes have been unequivocally identified; that of …

Following the domestication of maize over the past∼ 10,000 years, breeders have exploited
the extensive genetic diversity of this species to mold its phenotype to meet human needs …

Centromeres are the specialized regions of the chromosomes that direct faithful
chromosome segregation during cell division. Despite their functional conservation …

Background Theobroma cacao L. cultivar Matina 1-6 belongs to the most cultivated cacao
type. The availability of its genome sequence and methods for identifying genes responsible …

Chromosome number is the karyotype feature most commonly used in cytotaxonomical
analyses. The chromosome number can be a plesiomorphic characteristic of a large clade …