Single-marker genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully detected
associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and agronomic traits such …

Background Barley, globally the fourth most important cereal, provides food and beverages
for humans and feed for animal husbandry. Maximizing grain yield under varying climate …

Key message Key genes controlling flowering and interactions of different photoperiod
alleles with various environments were identified in a barley MAGIC population. A new …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is a major cereal grain widely used for livestock feed, brewing
malts and human food. Grain yield is the most important breeding target for genetic …

Plants have developed sophisticated systems to adapt to local conditions during evolution,
domestication and natural or artificial selection. The selective pressures of these different …

Flowering time adaptation is a major breeding goal in the allopolyploid species Brassica
napus. To investigate the genetic architecture of flowering time, a genome-wide association …

The interaction between members of a gene network has an important impact on the
variation of quantitative traits, and can influence the outcome of phenotype/genotype …

Flowering is an important turning point from vegetative growth to reproductive growth, and
vernalization is an essential condition for the flowering of annual winter plants. To …

Flowering time is a key agronomic trait that plays an important role in crop yield. There is
growing interest in dissecting the developmental subphases of flowering to better …

Timely flowering is important for seed formation and maximization of rapeseed (Brassica
napus) yield. Here, we performed flowering-time quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping using a …