[HTML][HTML] Modern plant biotechnology as a strategy in addressing climate change and attaining food security

TIK Munaweera, NU Jayawardana… - Agriculture & Food …, 2022 - Springer
Global warming causes a range of negative impacts on plants especially due to rapid
changes in temperatures, alterations of rainfall patterns, floods or drought conditions, and …

Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China

J Xiao, B Liu, Y Yao, Z Guo, H Jia, L Kong… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major crop that feeds 40% of the world's population.
Over the past several decades, advances in genomics have led to tremendous …

[HTML][HTML] An unusual tandem kinase fusion protein confers leaf rust resistance in wheat

Y Wang, M Abrouk, S Gourdoupis, DH Koo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The introgression of chromosome segments from wild relatives is an established strategy to
enrich crop germplasm with disease-resistance genes. Here we use mutagenesis and …

Chromosome-level genomes of three key Allium crops and their trait evolution

F Hao, X Liu, B Zhou, Z Tian, L Zhou, H Zong, J Qi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Allium crop breeding remains severely hindered due to the lack of high-quality reference
genomes. Here we report high-quality chromosome-level genome assemblies for three key …

[HTML][HTML] Chromosome-level genome assembly of bunching onion illuminates genome evolution and flavor formation in Allium crops

N Liao, Z Hu, J Miao, X Hu, X Lyu, H Fang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Allium genus is cultivated globally as vegetables, condiments, or medicinal plants and
is characterized by large genomes and strong pungency. However, the genome evolution …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing techniques and new breeding strategies in cereals–current status, improvements, and perspectives

S Ahmar, G Hensel, D Gruszka - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Cereal crops, including triticeae species (barley, wheat, rye), as well as edible cereals
(wheat, corn, rice, oat, rye, sorghum), are significant suppliers for human consumption …

Graph-based pan-genomes: increased opportunities in plant genomics

S Wang, YQ Qian, RP Zhao, LL Chen… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Due to the development of sequencing technology and the great reduction in sequencing
costs, an increasing number of plant genomes have been assembled, and numerous …

[HTML][HTML] WheatOmics: A platform combining multiple omics data to accelerate functional genomics studies in wheat

S Ma, M Wang, J Wu, W Guo, Y Chen, G Li, Y Wang… - Molecular plant, 2021 - cell.com
Mold-breaking progress in whole-genome sequencing and rapid accumulation of multi-
omics data have revolutionized the research strategies of functional genomics in wheat …

Genome evolution and initial breeding of the Triticeae grass Leymus chinensis dominating the Eurasian Steppe

T Li, S Tang, W Li, S Zhang, J Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Leymus chinensis, a dominant perennial grass in the Eurasian Steppe, is well known for its
remarkable adaptability and forage quality. Hardly any breeding has been done on the …

[HTML][HTML] Dosage differences in 12-OXOPHYTODIENOATE REDUCTASE genes modulate wheat root growth

G Gabay, H Wang, J Zhang, JI Moriconi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Wheat, an essential crop for global food security, is well adapted to a wide variety of soils.
However, the gene networks shaping different root architectures remain poorly understood …