Background Rice blast disease is one of the most serious and recurrent problems in rice-
growing regions worldwide. Most resistance genes were identified by linkage mapping …

Although the molecular basis of flowering time control is well dissected in the long day (LD)
plant Arabidopsis, it is still largely unknown in the short day (SD) plant rice. Rice flowering …

One of the major quantitative trait loci for flowering time in maize, the Vegetative to
generative transition 1 (Vgt1) locus, corresponds to an upstream (70 kb) noncoding …

Background Sorghum genotypes used for grain production in temperate regions are
photoperiod insensitive and flower early avoiding adverse environments during the …

Soybean oil and meal are major contributors to world-wide food production. Consequently,
the genetic basis for soybean seed composition has been intensely studied using family …

Increasing demands for food and energy require a step change in the effectiveness, speed
and flexibility of crop breeding. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the potential of …

Domestication is a multifaceted evolutionary process, involving changes in individual genes,
genetic interactions, and emergent phenotypes. There has been extensive discussion of the …

I argue that the g factor meets the fundamental criteria of a scientific construct more fully than
any other conception of intelligence. I briefly discuss the evidence regarding the relationship …

Sorghum varieties suitable for grain production at temperate latitudes show dwarfism and
photoperiod insensitivity, both of which are controlled by a small number of loci with large …

Prediction of wheat phenology facilitates the selection of cultivars with specific adaptations
to a particular environment. However, while QTL analysis for heading date can identify major …