Comprehensive and systematic transcriptome profiling provides valuable insight into
biological and developmental processes that occur throughout the life cycle of a plant. We …

Rice panicle architecture is a key target of selection when breeding for yield and grain
quality. However, panicle phenotypes are difficult to measure and susceptible to …

Flowering time is one of the major adaptive traits in domestication of maize and an important
selection criterion in breeding. To detect more maize flowering time variants we evaluated …

Genome‐wide dissection of the maize ear genetic architecture using multiple
populations Page 1 Genome-wide dissection of the maize ear genetic architecture using …

Both insufficient and excessive male inflorescence size leads to a reduction in maize yield.
Knowledge of the genetic architecture of male inflorescence is essential to achieve the …

Background Maize requires more water than most other crops; therefore, the water use
efficiency of this crop must be improved for maize production under undesirable land and …

Drought stress caused by unpredictable precipitation poses a major threat to food
production worldwide, and its impact is only expected to increase with the further onset of …

Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is the cereal crop with the low water requirement and
increasingly being used for human consumption. It is the most common rotational crop within …

Teosinte (Zea mays subsp. parviglumis HH Iltis & Doebley) has greater genetic diversity
than maize inbreds and landraces (Z. mays subsp. mays). There are, however, limited …

The kernel number is a grain yield component and an important maize breeding goal. Ear
length, kernel number per row and ear row number are highly correlated with the kernel …