Genetic dissection of complex, polygenic trait variation is a key goal of medical and
evolutionary genetics. Attempts to identify genetic variants underlying complex traits have …

Head smut, caused by the fungus Sphacelotheca reiliana (Kühn) Clint, is a devastating
global disease in maize, leading to severe quality and yield loss each year. The present …

Chia, Salvia hispanica L., was well developed into a cultivated crop and an important
component of Mesoamerican cultures and nutrition. Early Mesoamerican breeders produced …

Molecular breeding for complex traits in crop plants requires understanding and
manipulation of many factors influencing plant growth, development and responses to an …

Maize is rich in genetic and phenotypic diversity. Understanding the sequence, structural,
and expression variation that contributes to phenotypic diversity would facilitate more …

Through domestication, humans have substantially altered the morphology of Zea mays ssp.
parviglumis (teosinte) into the currently recognizable maize. This system serves as a model …

Association mapping (AM), also known as linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping, is a viable
approach to overcome limitations of pedigree-based quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping. In …

Tocopherols are a class of four natural compounds that can provide nutrition and function as
antioxidant in both plants and animals. Maize kernels have low α-tocopherol content, the …

Heterosis is the increase in vigor that is observed in progenies of matings of diverse
individuals from different species, isolated populations, or selected strains within species or …

In the past two decades, the wheat community has made remarkable progress in developing
molecular resources for breeding. A wide variety of molecular tools has been established to …