[HTML][HTML] The integrated genomics of crop domestication and breeding

X Huang, S Huang, B Han, J Li - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
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 …

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 innovation and regulatory rewiring during evolution of the cotton genus Gossypium

M Wang, J Li, Z Qi, Y Long, L Pei, X Huang… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Phenotypic diversity and evolutionary innovation ultimately trace to variation in genomic
sequence and rewiring of regulatory networks. Here, we constructed a pan-genome of the …

[HTML][HTML] A high-quality genome assembly highlights rye genomic characteristics and agronomically important genes

G Li, L Wang, J Yang, H He, H Jin, X Li, T Ren, Z Ren… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Rye is a valuable food and forage crop, an important genetic resource for wheat and triticale
improvement and an indispensable material for efficient comparative genomic studies in …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Molecular mechanisms for the photoperiodic regulation of flowering in soybean

X Lin, B Liu, JL Weller, J Abe… - Journal of Integrative Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photoperiodic flowering is one of the most important factors affecting regional adaptation
and yield in soybean (Glycine max). Plant adaptation to longday conditions at higher …

[HTML][HTML] Natural variation in crops: realized understanding, continuing promise

Y Liang, HJ Liu, J Yan, F Tian - Annual review of plant biology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Crops feed the world's population and shape human civilization. The improvement of crop
productivity has been ongoing for almost 10,000 years and has evolved from an experience …

[HTML][HTML] A functionally divergent SOC1 homolog improves soybean yield and latitudinal adaptation

K Kou, H Yang, H Li, C Fang, L Chen, L Yue, H Nan… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Soybean (Glycine max) grows in a wide range of latitudes, but it is extremely sensitive to
photoperiod, which reduces its yield and ability to adapt to different environments. Therefore …

Photoperiod controls plant seed size in a CONSTANS-dependent manner

B Yu, X He, Y Tang, Z Chen, L Zhou, X Li, C Zhang… - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
Photoperiodic plants perceive changes in day length as seasonal cues to orchestrate their
vegetative and reproductive growth. Although it is known that the floral transition of …

[HTML][HTML] Soybean reduced internode 1 determines internode length and improves grain yield at dense planting

S Li, Z Sun, Q Sang, C Qin, L Kong, X Huang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Major cereal crops have benefitted from Green Revolution traits such as shorter and more
compact plants that permit high-density planting, but soybean has remained relatively …