Soil compaction is a serious global problem, and is a major cause of inadequate rooting and
poor yield in crops around the world. Root system architecture (RSA) describes the spatial …

As one of the important concepts in conventional quantitative genetics and breeding, genetic
gain can be defined as the amount of increase in performance that is achieved annually …

Biological assay has been based on analysis of all individuals collected from sample
populations. Bulked sample analysis (BSA), which works with selected and pooled …

Optical sensors and sensing-based phenotyping techniques have become mainstream
approaches in high-throughput phenotyping for improving trait selection and genetic gains …

Intelligence can have an extremely high heritability, but also be malleable; a paradox that
has been the source of continuous controversy. Here we attempt to clarify the issue, and …

Expression of a phenotype is a function of the genotype, the environment, and the
differential sensitivity of certain genotypes to different environments, also known as …

Winter wheat parents 'Harry'(drought tolerant) and 'Wesley'(drought susceptible) were used
to develop a recombinant inbred population with future goals of identifying genomic regions …

Remarkable productivity has been achieved in crop species through artificial selection and
adaptation to modern agronomic practices. Whether intensive selection has changed the …

Crop biodiversity is one of the major inventions of humanity through the process of
domestication. It is also an essential resource for crop improvement to adapt agriculture to …

Phenotypic plasticity enables rapid responses to environmental change, and could facilitate
range shifts in response to climate change. What drives the evolution of plasticity at range …