Crop improvements can help us to meet the challenge of feeding a population of 10 billion,
but can we breed better varieties fast enough? Technologies such as genotyping, marker …

Polyploidy is a major force in plant evolution and speciation. In newly formed allopolyploids,
pairing between related chromosomes from different subgenomes (homoeologous …

Like many other crops, the cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is of hybrid origin and
has a polyploid genome that contains essentially complete sets of chromosomes from two …

Polyploidy, which arises from genome duplication, has occurred throughout the history of
eukaryotes, though it is especially common in plants. The resulting increased size …

Background The cultivated peanut is an important oil and cash crop grown worldwide. To
meet the growing demand for peanut production each year, genetic studies and enhanced …

Peanut (Arachis) is a key oil and protein crop worldwide with large genome. The genomes of
diploid and tetraploid peanuts have been sequenced, which were compared to decipher …

Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are a prominent process of diversification in
eukaryotes. The genetic and evolutionary forces that WGD imposes on cytoplasmic …

WRKY transcription factor participates in plant growth and development and response to
biotic and abiotic stresses. Arachis duranensis, a turfgrass, has high drought tolerance, yet …

The narrow genetics of most crops is a fundamental vulnerability to food security. This
makes wild crop relatives a strategic resource of genetic diversity that can be used for crop …

Abstract Background Cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important oil and protein
crop, but it has low disease resistance; therefore, it is important to reveal the number …