Unlocking plant genetics with telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies

V Garg, A Bohra, M Mascher, M Spannagl, X Xu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Contiguous genome sequence assemblies will help us to realize the full potential of crop
translational genomics. Recent advances in sequencing technologies, especially long-read …

[HTML][HTML] Haplotype-resolved chromosome-level genome of hexaploid Jerusalem artichoke provides insights into its origin, evolution, and inulin metabolism

S Wang, A Wang, R Chen, D Xu, H Wang, F Jiang… - Plant …, 2024 - cell.com
Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) is a global multifunctional crop. It has wide
applications in the food, health, feed, and biofuel industries and in ecological protection; it …

Cultivating nature's pharmacy: Strategies for medicinal plants improvement

A Suri, P Bhardwaj, T Sharma - South African Journal of Botany, 2024 - Elsevier
Medicinal plants being a source of bioactive agents are utilized worldwide in traditional and
modern systems of medicine. The therapeutic properties are accredited to secondary …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the Polysaccharide Biosynthesis Potential of Ganoderma lucidum: A Chromosome-Level Assembly Using Hi-C Sequencing

IV Sonets, NV Dovidchenko, SV Ulianov, MS Yarina… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ganoderma lucidum exhibits the ability to synthesize a diverse range of biologically active
molecules with significant pharmaceutical potential, including xylomannan and …

A sweet victory for sugarcane genomics

EA Cooper - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
Owing to its size and complexity, the genome of modern sugarcane has never been
previously assembled in its entirety, which leaves it as one of the last remaining major crop …

A chromosome‐level genome of mango exclusively from long‐read sequence data

UK Wijesundara, AK Masouleh, A Furtado… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Improvements in long‐read sequencing techniques have greatly accelerated plant genome
sequencing. Current de novo assemblies are routinely achieved by assembling long‐read …

[HTML][HTML] Homoeologs in Allopolyploids: Navigating Redundancy as Both an Evolutionary Opportunity and a Technical Challenge—A Transcriptomics Perspective

G Aufiero, C Fruggiero, D D'Angelo, N D'Agostino - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Allopolyploidy in plants involves the merging of two or more distinct parental genomes into a
single nucleus, a significant evolutionary process in the plant kingdom. Transcriptomic …

A roadmap of phylogenomic methods for studying polyploid plant genera

W Ning, HM Meudt, JA Tate - Applications in Plant Sciences, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogenetic inference of polyploid species is the first step towards understanding their
patterns of diversification. In this paper, we review the challenges and limitations of inferring …

Bioinformatics for Molecular Breeding and Enhanced Crop Performance: Applications and Perspectives

RL Chavhan, VR Hinge, DJ Wankhade… - … for Plant Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinformatics plays a crucial role in crop improvement and breeding by facilitating the
analysis and interpretation of vast genetic data. It accelerates these processes by aiding in …

[HTML][HTML] Draft genome of Brasenia schreberi, a worldwide distributed and endangered aquatic plant

LF Wu, WG Zhu, EP Yu, HL Cao, ZF Wang - BMC Genomic Data, 2024 - Springer
Objectives Brasenia is a monotypic genus in the family of Cabombaceae. The only species,
B. schreberi, is a macrophyte distributed worldwide. Because it requires good water quality …