Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium … - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the most widely cultivated crop on Earth,
contributing about a fifth of the total calories consumed by humans. Consequently, wheat …

From markers to genome-based breeding in wheat

A Rasheed, X Xia - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2019 - Springer
Key message Recent technological advances in wheat genomics provide new opportunities
to uncover genetic variation in traits of breeding interest and enable genome-based …

Linking the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium bread wheat reference genome sequence to wheat genetic and phenomic data

M Alaux, J Rogers, T Letellier, R Flores, F Alfama… - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
The Wheat@ URGI portal has been developed to provide the international community of
researchers and breeders with access to the bread wheat reference genome sequence …

Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China

J Xiao, B Liu, Y Yao, Z Guo, H Jia, L Kong… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major crop that feeds 40% of the world's population.
Over the past several decades, advances in genomics have led to tremendous …

Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding

S Walkowiak, L Gao, C Monat, G Haberer, MT Kassa… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Advances in genomics have expedited the improvement of several agriculturally important
crops but similar efforts in wheat (Triticum spp.) have been more challenging. This is largely …

Wheat genetic resources in the post-genomics era: promise and challenges

A Rasheed, A Mujeeb-Kazi, FC Ogbonnaya… - Annals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Wheat genetic resources have been used for genetic improvement since 1876,
when Stephen Wilson (Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh …

A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium … - Science, 2014 - science.org
An ordered draft sequence of the 17-gigabase hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum)
genome has been produced by sequencing isolated chromosome arms. We have annotated …

Chromosome-scale assembly of the bread wheat genome reveals thousands of additional gene copies

M Alonge, A Shumate, D Puiu, AV Zimin, SL Salzberg - Genetics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a major food crop and an important plant system for
agricultural genetics research. However, due to the complexity and size of its allohexaploid …

Improving grain yield, stress resilience and quality of bread wheat using large-scale genomics

P Juliana, J Poland, J Huerta-Espino, S Shrestha… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Bread wheat improvement using genomic tools is essential for accelerating trait genetic
gains. Here we report the genomic predictabilities of 35 key traits and demonstrate the …

Triticum population sequencing provides insights into wheat adaptation

Y Zhou, X Zhao, Y Li, J Xu, A Bi, L Kang, D Xu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Bread wheat expanded its habitat from a core area of the Fertile Crescent to global
environments within~ 10,000 years. The genetic mechanisms of this remarkable …