Durum wheat landraces have a high potential for breeding but they remain underexploited
due to several factors, including the insufficient evaluation of these plant materials and the …

In temperate climates, earlier planting of tropical-origin crops can provide longer growing
seasons, reduce water loss, suppress weeds, and escape post-flowering drought stress …

Most cereal crops were domesticated within the last 12,000 years and subsequently spread
around the world. These crops have been nourishing the world by supplying a primary …

Cereals are an important source of food for millions of people across low-middle-income
countries. Cereals are considered a staple food for poor people. The majority of the people …

Here, we present a review of the studies of evolutionary genetics (phylogenetics, population
genetics, and phylogeography) using genetic data as well as genome scale assemblies in …

Genebanking, the process of preserving genetic resources, is a central practice in the
modern management of crop genetics, especially for the species used for food and …

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) is an important oilseed crop. We examined the diversity of
germplasm expressed at three distinct levels (ie, morphological, biochemical, and DNA …

Brassica oleracea is one of the most important species of the Brassicaceae family
encompassing several economically important vegetables produced and consumed …

Advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics tools have fueled a renewed
interest in whole genome sequencing efforts in many organisms. The growing availability of …

In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), both crop production and the hidden hunger index (HHI, a
combination of zinc, iron, and vitamin A deficiency), continue to be worse than the rest of the …