Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Since the completion of
rice reference genome sequences, tremendous progress has been achieved in …

Shoot architecture is determined by the organization and activities of apical, axillary,
intercalary, secondary, and inflorescence meristems and by the subsequent development of …

Crop genetic improvement requires balancing complex tradeoffs caused by gene pleiotropy
and linkage drags, as exemplified by IPA1 (Ideal Plant Architecture 1), a typical pleiotropic …

Exploitation of crop heterosis is crucial for increasing global agriculture production.
However, the quantitative genomic analysis of heterosis was lacking, and there is currently …

Crop improvement by inbreeding often results in fitness penalties and loss of genetic
diversity. We introduced desirable traits into four stress-tolerant wild-tomato accessions by …

Although hybrid crop varieties are among the most popular agricultural innovations, the
rationale for hybrid crop breeding is sometimes misunderstood. Hybrid breeding is slower …

The molecular pathways that trigger the initiation of embryogenesis after fertilization in
flowering plants, and prevent its occurrence without fertilization, are not well understood …

Extensive allelic variation in agronomically important genes serves as the basis of rice
breeding. Here, we present a comprehensive map of rice quantitative trait nucleotides …

As a major event in human civilization, wild plants were successfully domesticated to be
crops, largely owing to continuing artificial selection. Here, we summarize new discoveries …

BACKGROUND Among tens of thousands edible plants, several hundred are cultivated
throughout the world, but fewer than a dozen comprise the majority of consumed calories …