Designing future crops: genomics-assisted breeding comes of age

RK Varshney, A Bohra, J Yu, A Graner, Q Zhang… - Trends in Plant …, 2021 - cell.com
Over the past decade, genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) has been instrumental in
harnessing the potential of modern genome resources and characterizing and exploiting …

Toward a “green revolution” for soybean

S Liu, M Zhang, F Feng, Z Tian - Molecular plant, 2020 - cell.com
Soybean (Glycine max), as an economically important food and oilseedcrop, is a major
source of plant proteins and oils. Although considerable progress has been made in …

[HTML][HTML] Pan-genome of wild and cultivated soybeans

Y Liu, H Du, P Li, Y Shen, H Peng, S Liu, GA Zhou… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Soybean is one of the most important vegetable oil and protein feed crops. To capture the
entire genomic diversity, it is needed to construct a complete high-quality pan-genome from …

Genomic selection and genetic architecture of agronomic traits during modern rapeseed breeding

J Hu, B Chen, J Zhao, F Zhang, T Xie, K Xu, G Gao… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is an important oil-producing crop for the world. Its
adaptation, yield and quality have been considerably improved in recent decades, but the …

Stepwise selection on homeologous PRR genes controlling flowering and maturity during soybean domestication

S Lu, L Dong, C Fang, S Liu, L Kong, Q Cheng… - Nature Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Adaptive changes in plant phenology are often considered to be a feature of the so-called
'domestication syndrome'that distinguishes modern crops from their wild progenitors, but …

Genetic basis and adaptation trajectory of soybean from its temperate origin to tropics

L Dong, C Fang, Q Cheng, T Su, K Kou, L Kong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Soybean (Glycine max) serves as a major source of protein and edible oils worldwide. The
genetic and genomic bases of the adaptation of soybean to tropical regions remain largely …

Progress in soybean functional genomics over the past decade

M Zhang, S Liu, Z Wang, Y Yuan… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soybean is one of the most important oilseed and fodder crops. Benefiting from the efforts of
soybean breeders and the development of breeding technology, large number of …

Genomic resources in plant breeding for sustainable agriculture

M Thudi, R Palakurthi, JC Schnable… - Journal of Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change during the last 40 years has had a serious impact on agriculture and
threatens global food and nutritional security. From over half a million plant species, cereals …

POWR1 is a domestication gene pleiotropically regulating seed quality and yield in soybean

W Goettel, H Zhang, Y Li, Z Qiao, H Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Seed protein, oil content and yield are highly correlated agronomically important traits that
essentially account for the economic value of soybean. The underlying molecular …

Rhizobial tRNA-derived small RNAs are signal molecules regulating plant nodulation

B Ren, X Wang, J Duan, J Ma - Science, 2019 - science.org
Rhizobial infection and root nodule formation in legumes require recognition of signal
molecules produced by the bacteria and their hosts. Here, we show that rhizobial transfer …