Status and prospects of genome‐wide association studies in plants

L Tibbs Cortes, Z Zhang, J Yu - The plant genome, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have developed into a powerful and ubiquitous
tool for the investigation of complex traits. In large part, this was fueled by advances in …

Comprehensive evaluation of mapping complex traits in wheat using genome-wide association studies

DK Saini, Y Chopra, J Singh, KS Sandhu, A Kumar… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are effectively applied to detect the marker trait
associations (MTAs) using whole genome-wide variants for complex quantitative traits in …

GAPIT version 3: boosting power and accuracy for genomic association and prediction

J Wang, Z Zhang - Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) and genomic prediction/selection (GP/GS) are the
two essential enterprises in genomic research. Due to the great magnitude and complexity …

The giant diploid faba genome unlocks variation in a global protein crop

M Jayakodi, AA Golicz, J Kreplak, LI Fechete, D Angra… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Increasing the proportion of locally produced plant protein in currently meat-rich diets could
substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity. However, plant …

IIIVmrMLM: The R and C++ tools associated with 3VmrMLM, a comprehensive GWAS method for dissecting quantitative traits

M Li, YW Zhang, Y Xiang, MH Liu, YM Zhang - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
In most existing methods and softwares of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for
detecting quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs), QTN-by-environment interactions (QEIs), and …

Advancing crop genomics from lab to field

MD Purugganan, SA Jackson - Nature genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Crop genomics remains a key element in ensuring scientific progress to secure global food
security. It has been two decades since the sequence of the first plant genome, that of …

Trait associations in the pangenome of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)

J Zhao, PE Bayer, P Ruperao… - Plant biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is an important orphan crop mainly grown by smallholder
farmers in India and Africa. Here, we present the first pigeon pea pangenome based on 89 …

Population genomics identifies genetic signatures of carrot domestication and improvement and uncovers the origin of high-carotenoid orange carrots

K Coe, H Bostan, W Rolling, S Turner-Hissong… - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
Here an improved carrot reference genome and resequencing of 630 carrot accessions
were used to investigate carrot domestication and improvement. The study demonstrated …

Last-Generation Genome–Environment Associations Reveal the Genetic Basis of Heat Tolerance in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

F López-Hernández, AJ Cortés - Frontiers in Genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Genome–environment associations (GEAs) are a powerful strategy for the study of adaptive
traits in wild plant populations, yet they still lack behind in the use of modern statistical …

Genome assembly of alfalfa cultivar zhongmu-4 and identification of SNPs associated with agronomic traits

R Long, F Zhang, Z Zhang, M Li, L Chen… - Genomics …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the most important legume forage crop worldwide with high
nutritional value and yield. For a long time, the breeding of alfalfa was hampered by lacking …