Independent domestication of sorghum, rice, and maize involved convergent selection for
large seeds, reduced disarticulation of the mature inflorescence, and daylength-insensitive …

Rye (Secale cereale) is an important crop with multiple uses and a valuable genetic
resource for wheat breeding. However, due to its complex genome and outcrossing nature …

Background Rice has been found in archaeological sites dating to 8000 bc, although the
date of rice domestication is a matter of continuing debate. Two species of domesticated …

Glutinous rice is a major type of cultivated rice with long-standing cultural importance in
Asia. A mutation in an intron 1 splice donor site of the Waxy gene is responsible for the …

Background Weedy rice (red rice), a conspecific weed of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.), is a
significant problem throughout the world and an emerging threat in regions where it was …

The chilling and heat requirements and flowering time were studied, for 2 years, in an
almond progeny from the cross between the late-flowering French selection “R1000” and the …

SIR-Although the wild relatives of crop species are often inferior to modern cultivars, recent
evidence suggests that they may contain genes capable of improving both the yield and …

Fleshy fruits using ethylene to regulate ripening have developed multiple times in the history
of angiosperms, presenting a clear case of convergent evolution whose molecular basis …

We report a map of 4.97 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the chickpea from whole-
genome resequencing of 429 lines sampled from 45 countries. We identified 122 candidate …

Despite early domestication around 3000 BC, the evolutionary history of the ancient
allotetraploid species Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss remains uncertain. Here, we report …