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 …

[HTML][HTML] The current developments in medicinal plant genomics enabled the diversification of secondary metabolites' biosynthesis

MM Alami, Z Ouyang, Y Zhang, S Shu, G Yang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Medicinal plants produce important substrates for their adaptation and defenses against
environmental factors and, at the same time, are used for traditional medicine and industrial …

GENESPACE tracks regions of interest and gene copy number variation across multiple genomes

JT Lovell, A Sreedasyam, ME Schranz, M Wilson… - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The development of multiple chromosome-scale reference genome sequences in many
taxonomic groups has yielded a high-resolution view of the patterns and processes of …

Genomic insights into the recent chromosome reduction of autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum

Q Zhang, Y Qi, H Pan, H Tang, G Wang, X Hua… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Saccharum spontaneum is a founding Saccharum species and exhibits wide variation in
ploidy levels. We have assembled a high-quality autopolyploid genome of S. spontaneum …

[HTML][HTML] A Ca2+-sensor switch for tolerance to elevated salt stress in Arabidopsis

L Steinhorst, G He, LK Moore, S Schültke… - Developmental Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Excessive Na+ in soils inhibits plant growth. Here, we report that Na+ stress triggers primary
calcium signals specifically in a cell group within the root differentiation zone, thus forming a" …

Phylotranscriptomics resolves the phylogeny of Pooideae and uncovers factors for their adaptive evolution

L Zhang, X Zhu, Y Zhao, J Guo, T Zhang… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Adaptation to cool climates has occurred several times in different angiosperm groups.
Among them, Pooideae, the largest grass subfamily with∼ 3,900 species including wheat …

[HTML][HTML] Genomes of leafy and leafless Platanthera orchids illuminate the evolution of mycoheterotrophy

MH Li, KW Liu, Z Li, HC Lu, QL Ye, D Zhang, JY Wang… - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
To improve our understanding of the origin and evolution of mycoheterotrophic plants, we
here present the chromosome-scale genome assemblies of two sibling orchid species …

Drought stress in sorghum: Mitigation strategies, breeding methods and technologies—A review

MA Yahaya, H Shimelis - Journal of Agronomy and Crop …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Agriculture accounts for 70% of the global use of available freshwater. Projections show that
demand for water will increase significantly due to climate change, population growth and …

[HTML][HTML] Transposable elements: major players in shaping genomic and evolutionary patterns

N Colonna Romano, L Fanti - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous genetic elements, able to jump from one
location of the genome to another, in all organisms. For this reason, on the one hand, TEs …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Sorghum [Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench] Accessions as Revealed by Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers

M Enyew, T Feyissa, AS Carlsson, K Tesfaye… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ethiopia is the center of origin for sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], where the distinct
agro-ecological zones significantly contributed to the genetic diversity of the crops. A large …