Improper use of water resources in irrigation that contain a significant amount of salts, faulty
agronomic practices such as improper fertilization, climate change etc. are gradually …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are effectively applied to detect the marker trait
associations (MTAs) using whole genome-wide variants for complex quantitative traits in …

Abstract The Farm Animal Genotype-Tissue Expression (FarmGTEx) project has been
established to develop a public resource of genetic regulatory variants in livestock, which is …

Current food systems are challenged by relying on a few input-intensive, staple crops. The
prioritization of yield and the loss of diversity during the recent history of domestication has …

The continued improvement of crop yield is a fundamental driver in agriculture and is the
goal of both plant breeders and researchers. Plant breeders have been remarkably …

The expanding catalog of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provides biological
insights across a variety of species, but identifying the causal variants behind these …

The indispensable role of nitrogen fertilizer in ensuring world food security together with the
severe threats it poses to the ecosystem makes the usage of nitrogen fertilizer a major …

Plant diseases caused by diverse pathogens lead to a serious reduction in crop yield and
threaten food security worldwide. Genetic improvement of plant immunity is considered as …

Over the past century, early advances in understanding the identity of the chemicals that
collectively form a living plant have led scientists to deeper investigations exploring where …

To date, no study has explored the extent to which genetic susceptibility modifies the effects
of air pollutants on the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). This study was designed to investigate …