The first paradigm of plant breeding involves direct selection-based phenotypic observation,
followed by predictive breeding using statistical models for quantitative traits constructed …

Plant genomes are so highly diverse that a substantial proportion of genomic sequences are
not shared among individuals. The variable DNA sequences, along with the conserved core …

Excess soil salinity affects large regions of land and is a major hindrance to crop production
worldwide. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms of plant salt tolerance has …

Gray leaf spot (GLS), caused by the fungal pathogens Cercospora zeae-maydis and
Cercospora zeina, is a major foliar disease of maize worldwide (Zea mays L.). Here we …

Abstract GWAS Atlas (https://ngdc. cncb. ac. cn/gwas/) is a manually curated resource of
genome-wide genotype-to-phenotype associations for a wide range of species. Here, we …

Drought drastically restricts wheat production, so to dissect allelic variations of drought
tolerant genes without imposing trade-offs between tolerance and yield is essential to cope …

As an evolutionary strategy, plants overproduce ovaries as a safety net for survival, with
those losing in the competition for resources being aborted. Grain abortion is, however …

There is intense interest in using genome editing technologies to domesticate wild plants, or
accelerate the improvement of weakly domesticated crops, in de novo domestication. Here …

Many newly created early maturing varieties exhibit poor stress resistance and low yield,
whereas stress-resistant varieties are typically late maturing. For this reason, the …

It was suggested that the most effective way to improve rice grain yield is to increase the
grain number per panicle (GN) through the breeding practice in recent decades. GN is a …