Genomic innovation for crop improvement

MW Bevan, C Uauy, BBH Wulff, J Zhou, K Krasileva… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Crop production needs to increase to secure future food supplies, while reducing its impact
on ecosystems. Detailed characterization of plant genomes and genetic diversity is crucial …

Breeding and genomic approaches towards development of fusarium wilt resistance in chickpea

RK Yadav, MK Tripathi, S Tiwari, N Tripathi, R Asati… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chickpea is an important leguminous crop with potential to provide dietary proteins to both
humans and animals. It also ameliorates soil nitrogen through biological nitrogen fixation …

Assembly of allele-aware, chromosomal-scale autopolyploid genomes based on Hi-C data

X Zhang, S Zhang, Q Zhao, R Ming, H Tang - Nature plants, 2019 - nature.com
Construction of chromosome-level assembly is a vital step in achieving the goal of a
'Platinum'genome, but it remains a major challenge to assemble and anchor sequences to …

Gene duplication and evolution in recurring polyploidization–diploidization cycles in plants

X Qiao, Q Li, H Yin, K Qi, L Li, R Wang, S Zhang… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

Sequencing of allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1) provides a resource for fiber improvement

T Zhang, Y Hu, W Jiang, L Fang, X Guan, J Chen… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Upland cotton is a model for polyploid crop domestication and transgenic improvement.
Here we sequenced the allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1 genome by …

Application of protoplast technology to CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis: from single‐cell mutation detection to mutant plant regeneration

CS Lin, CT Hsu, LH Yang, LY Lee, JY Fu… - Plant biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Plant protoplasts are useful for assessing the efficiency of clustered regularly interspaced
short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR‐associated protein 9 (Cas9) mutagenesis. We …

The Sol Genomics Network (SGN)—from genotype to phenotype to breeding

N Fernandez-Pozo, N Menda, JD Edwards… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Sol Genomics Network (SGN, http://solgenomics. net) is a web portal with
genomic and phenotypic data, and analysis tools for the Solanaceae family and close …

Early allopolyploid evolution in the post-Neolithic Brassica napus oilseed genome

B Chalhoub, F Denoeud, S Liu, IAP Parkin, H Tang… - science, 2014 - science.org
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) was formed~ 7500 years ago by hybridization between B.
rapa and B. oleracea, followed by chromosome doubling, a process known as …

Plant glandular trichomes: natural cell factories of high biotechnological interest

A Huchelmann, M Boutry, C Hachez - Plant physiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Multicellular glandular trichomes are epidermal outgrowths characterized by the presence of
a head made of cells that have the ability to secrete or store large quantities of specialized …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in Nicotiana tabacum

J Gao, G Wang, S Ma, X Xie, X Wu, X Zhang, Y Wu… - Plant molecular …, 2015 - Springer
Genome editing is one of the most powerful tools for revealing gene function and improving
crop plants. Recently, RNA-guided genome editing using the type II clustered regularly …