Oilseed crops, especially soybean (Glycine max) and canola/rapeseed (Brassica napus),
produce seeds that are rich in both proteins and oils and that are major sources of energy …

The complex genetic architecture of quality traits has hindered efforts to modify seed
nutrients in soybean. Genome-wide association studies were conducted for seed …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a legume of appreciable importance and
usefulness worldwide to the human population providing food and feed. It is rich in high …

Seed composition is one of the most important determinants of the economic values in
soybean. The quality and quantity of different seed components, such as oil, protein, and …

The success of modern maize breeding has been demonstrated by remarkable increases in
productivity with tremendous modification of agricultural phenotypes over the last century …

Wheat is an important cereal crop, and its significance is more due to compete for dietary
products in the world. Many constraints facing by the wheat crop due to environmental …

Soybean production is greatly influenced by abiotic stresses imposed by environmental
factors such as drought, water submergence, salt, and heavy metals. A thorough …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is not only of worldwide importance as a food, feed and as a source of
diverse industrially important products, but is also a model genetic organism with immense …

Background Maize is a major crop plant, grown for human and animal nutrition, as well as a
renewable resource for bioenergy. When looking at the problems of limited fossil fuels, the …

Genomic selection holds a great promise to accelerate plant breeding via early selection
before phenotypes are measured, and it offers major advantages over marker-assisted …