At least 75% of the world's grain production comes from the three most important cereal
crops: rice (Oryza sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum), and maize (Zea mays). However …

Functional cloning and manipulation of genes controlling various agronomic traits are
important for boosting crop production. Although bulked segregant analysis (BSA) is an …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have emerged as a powerful tool for unraveling
intricate genotype–phenotype association across various species. Maize (Zea mays L.) …

The plant cuticle is essential in plant defense against biotic and abiotic stresses. To
systematically elucidate the genetic architecture of maize (Zea mays L.) cuticular wax …

The multiple-stress effects on plant physiology and gene expression are being intensively
studied lately, primarily in model plants such as Arabidopsis, where the effects of six …

Background Earlier next-generation sequencing technologies are being vastly used to
explore, administer, and investigate the gene space with accurate profiling of nucleotide …

Southern corn rust (SCR) caused by Puccinia polysora Underw is a major disease leading
to severe yield losses in China Summer Corn Belt. Using six multi-locus GWAS methods, we …

Seed vigor (SV) is a crucial trait determining the quality of crop seeds. Currently, over 80% of
China's cotton-planting area is in Xinjiang Province, where a fully mechanized planting …

In this study, hotspot regions, QTL clusters, and candidate genes for eight ear-related traits
of maize (ear length, ear diameter, kernel row number, kernel number per row, kernel length …

With progressive climate change and the associated increase in mean temperature, heat
stress tolerance has emerged as one of the key traits in the product profile of the maize …