Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes

DM Spooner, M Ghislain, R Simon, SH Jansky… - The botanical …, 2014 - Springer
The common potato, Solanum tuberosum L., is the third most important food crop and is
grown and consumed worldwide. Indigenous cultivated (landrace) potatoes and wild potato …

Maize: a paramount staple crop in the context of global nutrition

ET Nuss, SA Tanumihardjo - … reviews in food science and food …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The maize plant (Zea mays), characterized by an erect green stalk, is one of the 3 great
grain crops of the world. Its kernels, like other seeds, are storage organs that contain …

Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass

JT Lovell, AH MacQueen, S Mamidi, J Bonnette… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Long-term climate change and periodic environmental extremes threaten food and fuel
security and global crop productivity,–. Although molecular and adaptive breeding strategies …

A robust, simple genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach for high diversity species

RJ Elshire, JC Glaubitz, Q Sun, JA Poland… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Advances in next generation technologies have driven the costs of DNA sequencing down
to the point that genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) is now feasible for high diversity, large …

Comparing different statistical models and multiple testing corrections for association mapping in soybean and maize

AS Kaler, JD Gillman, T Beissinger… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Association mapping (AM) is a powerful tool for fine mapping complex trait variation down to
nucleotide sequences by exploiting historical recombination events. A major problem in AM …

Genome-wide association study identifies loci and candidate genes for grain micronutrients and quality traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

ND Rathan, H Krishna, RK Ellur, D Sehgal… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Malnutrition due to micronutrients and protein deficiency is recognized among the major
global health issues. Genetic biofortification of wheat is a cost-effective and sustainable …

A study of allelic diversity underlying flowering-time adaptation in maize landraces

JA Romero Navarro, M Willcox, J Burgueño, C Romay… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Landraces (traditional varieties) of domesticated species preserve useful genetic variation,
yet they remain untapped due to the genetic linkage between the few useful alleles and …

Genetic structure and domestication history of the grape

S Myles, AR Boyko, CL Owens… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
The grape is one of the earliest domesticated fruit crops and, since antiquity, it has been
widely cultivated and prized for its fruit and wine. Here, we characterize genome-wide …

Genomic selection for crop improvement

EL Heffner, ME Sorrells, JL Jannink - Crop Science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Despite important strides in marker technologies, the use of marker‐assisted selection has
stagnated for the improvement of quantitative traits. Biparental mating designs for the …

Genome-wide association studies in plants: the missing heritability is in the field

B Brachi, GP Morris, JO Borevitz - Genome biology, 2011 - Springer
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