Upland cotton is a model for polyploid crop domestication and transgenic improvement.
Here we sequenced the allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1 genome by …

For decades a small number of model species have rightly occupied a privileged position in
laboratory experiments, but it is becoming increasingly clear that our knowledge of biology is …

In Brassica napus, yellow petals had a much higher content of carotenoids than white petals
present in a small number of lines, with violaxanthin identified as the major carotenoid …

Despite evolutionary conserved mechanisms to silence transposable element activity, there
are drastic differences in the abundance of transposable elements even among closely …

Continuing advances in 'omics methodologies and instrumentation is enhancing the
understanding of how plants cope with the dynamic nature of their growing …

Field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) is being domesticated as a new winter cover crop and
biofuel species for the Midwestern United States that can be double-cropped between corn …

Background Black rot is a destructive bacterial disease causing large yield and quality
losses in Brassica oleracea. To detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for black rot resistance, we …

Glucosinolates are amino acids derived secondary metabolites, invariably present in
Brassicales, which have huge health and agricultural benefits. Sulphoraphane, the …

Gene model annotations are important community resources that ensure comparability and
reproducibility of analyses and are typically the first step for functional annotation of genomic …

Second-generation sequencers (SGS) have been game-changing, achieving cost-effective
whole genome sequencing in many non-model organisms. However, a large portion of the …