Oat: Current state and challenges in plant-based food applications

Z Yang, C Xie, Y Bao, F Liu, H Wang, Y Wang - Trends in Food Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Oat has long been recognized as a good candidate for both human foods and
animal feeds. However, the significance of oat, as well as its contribution to the food industry …

Enhancing essential grains yield for sustainable food security and bio-safe agriculture through latest innovative approaches

G Albahri, AA Alyamani, A Badran, A Hijazi, M Nasser… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
A key concern in agriculture is how to feed the expanding population and safeguard the
environment from the ill effects of climate change. To feed a growing global population, food …

Genome assemblies of 11 bamboo species highlight diversification induced by dynamic subgenome dominance

PF Ma, YL Liu, C Guo, G Jin, ZH Guo, L Mao… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Polyploidy (genome duplication) is a pivotal force in evolution. However, the interactions
between parental genomes in a polyploid nucleus, frequently involving subgenome …

The complex polyploid genome architecture of sugarcane

AL Healey, O Garsmeur, JT Lovell, S Shengquiang… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Sugarcane, the world's most harvested crop by tonnage, has shaped global history, trade
and geopolitics, and is currently responsible for 80% of sugar production worldwide. While …

Non–B-form DNA tends to form in centromeric regions and has undergone changes in polyploid oat subgenomes

Q Liu, C Yi, Z Zhang, H Su, C Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Centromeres are the specialized regions of the chromosomes that direct faithful
chromosome segregation during cell division. Despite their functional conservation …

The power and perils of de novo domestication using genome editing

ME Bartlett, BT Moyers, J Man… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
There is intense interest in using genome editing technologies to domesticate wild plants, or
accelerate the improvement of weakly domesticated crops, in de novo domestication. Here …

Genome analysis in Avena sativa reveals hidden breeding barriers and opportunities for oat improvement

NA Tinker, CP Wight, WA Bekele, W Yan… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Oat (Avena sativa L.) is an important and nutritious cereal crop, and there is a growing need
to identify genes that contribute to improved oat varieties. Here we utilize a newly …

Triticeae crop genome biology: an endless frontier

Z Gao, J Bian, F Lu, Y Jiao, H He - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Triticeae, the wheatgrass tribe, includes several major cereal crops and their wild relatives.
Major crops within the Triticeae are wheat, barley and rye which are important for human …

Genome-Enabled Analysis of Population Dynamics and Virulence-Associated Loci in the Oat Crown Rust Fungus Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae

TC Hewitt, EC Henningsen, D Pereira… - Molecular Plant …, 2024 - Am Phytopath Society
Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae (Pca) is an important fungal pathogen causing crown rust
that impacts oat production worldwide. Genetic resistance for crop protection against Pca is …

Are cereal grasses a single genetic system?

M Mascher, MP Marone, M Schreiber, N Stein - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
In 1993, a passionate and provocative call to arms urged cereal researchers to consider the
taxon they study as a single genetic system and collaborate with each other. Since then, that …