Chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) is a major culinary, medicinal, and economic crop in most
areas of the world. For more than hundreds of years, chile peppers have “defined” the state …

Hundreds of experiments involving genotyping and phenotyping of the plants are planned
daily by plant researchers worldwide for wheat improvement. There are a plethora of …

Global wheat yields are suffering due to differences in regional climatic conditions and soil
fertility. Plant breeders are continuously working to improve the yield per unit area of wheat …

Key message A novel, stably expressed, and plant height-independent QTL for spike
extension length on 5AS was identified and validated in different populations using a newly …

Key Message A novel and major QTL for the effective tiller number was identified on
chromosomal arm 1BL and validated in two genetic backgrounds Abstract The effective tiller …

Abstract Key message Introducing Agropyron cristatum chromosome 1P into common wheat
can significantly reduce the plant height and leaf size, which can improve the plant …

Key message Eight major and stably expressed QTL for flag leaf morphology across eleven
environments were identified and validated using newly developed KASP markers in seven …

The phyllosphere microbiome plays an important role in plant fitness. Recently,
bacteriophages have been shown to play a role in shaping the bacterial community …

Wheat is a major food crop worldwide. The plant architecture is a complex trait mostly
influenced by plant height, tiller number, and leaf morphology. Plant height plays a crucial …

Flag leaf is an important organ for photosynthesis of wheat plants, and a key factor affecting
wheat yield. In this study, quantitative trait loci (QTL) for flag leaf morphological traits in …