Crop populations derived from experimental crosses enable the genetic dissection of
complex traits and support modern plant breeding. Among these, multi-parent populations …

Cotton genetic resources contain diverse economically important traits that can be used
widely in breeding approaches to create of high-yielding elite cultivars with superior fiber …

Plants have served as sources providing humans with metabolites for food and nutrition,
biomaterials for living, and treatment for pain and disease. Plants produce a huge array of …

Today's increasingly unequal and resource intensive development model degrades and
surpasses Earth's finite capacity to sustain human well-being. Society must restore this …

Summary Sea Island cotton (Gossypium barbadense) is the source of the world's finest fibre
quality cotton, yet relatively little is understood about genetic variations among diverse …

Background Common bean is an important staple crop in the tropics of Africa, Asia and the
Americas. Particularly smallholder farmers rely on bean as a source for calories, protein and …

Key message A high-resolution GWAS detected consistent QTL for resistance to Verticillium
wilt and Fusarium wilt race 4 in 376 US Upland cotton accessions based on six independent …

Cooking time of the common bean is an important trait for consumer preference, with
implications for nutrition, health, and environment. For efficient germplasm improvement …

The compelling need to increase global agricultural production requires new breeding
approaches that facilitate exploiting the diversity available in the plant genetic resources …

Cotton is grown in arid and semi-arid regions where abiotic stresses such as drought and
salt are prevalent. There is a lack of studies that simultaneously address the genetic and …