Structural variant calling: the long and the short of it

M Mahmoud, N Gobet, DI Cruz-Dávalos, N Mounier… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Recent research into structural variants (SVs) has established their importance to medicine
and molecular biology, elucidating their role in various diseases, regulation of gene …

Boron toxicity and deficiency in agricultural plants

M Brdar-Jokanović - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Boron is an essential plant micronutrient taken up via the roots mostly in the form of boric
acid. Its important role in plant metabolism involves the stabilization of molecules with cis …

Genetic mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance that translate to crop yield stability

MV Mickelbart, PM Hasegawa… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Crop yield reduction as a consequence of increasingly severe climatic events threatens
global food security. Genetic loci that ensure productivity in challenging environments exist …

Micronutrients

I Cakmak, P Brown, JM Colmenero-Flores… - … mineral nutrition of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The functions of iron, manganese, copper, zinc, nickel, molybdenum, boron, and chlorine in
plants are discussed. Iron (Fe) plays a crucial role in redox systems in cells and various …

Landrace germplasm for improving yield and abiotic stress adaptation

SL Dwivedi, S Ceccarelli, MW Blair, HD Upadhyaya… - Trends in plant …, 2016 - cell.com
Plant landraces represent heterogeneous, local adaptations of domesticated species, and
thereby provide genetic resources that meet current and new challenges for farming in …

Crop breeding chips and genotyping platforms: progress, challenges, and perspectives

A Rasheed, Y Hao, X Xia, A Khan, Y Xu, RK Varshney… - Molecular plant, 2017 - cell.com
There is a rapidly rising trend in the development and application of molecular marker
assays for gene mapping and discovery in field crops and trees. Thus far, more than 50 SNP …

Breeding technologies to increase crop production in a changing world

M Tester, P Langridge - Science, 2010 - science.org
To feed the several billion people living on this planet, the production of high-quality food
must increase with reduced inputs, but this accomplishment will be particularly challenging …

Boron toxicity in higher plants: an update

M Landi, T Margaritopoulou, IE Papadakis, F Araniti - Planta, 2019 - Springer
Main conclusion In this review, emphasis is given to the most recent updates about morpho-
anatomical, physiological, biochemical and molecular responses adopted by plants to cope …

Duplication of a manganese/cadmium transporter gene reduces cadmium accumulation in rice grain

E Yu, W Wang, N Yamaji, S Fukuoka, J Che, D Ueno… - Nature food, 2022 - nature.com
Global contamination of soils with toxic cadmium (Cd) is a serious health threat. Here we
found that a tandem duplication of a gene encoding a manganese/Cd transporter …

[图书][B] Handbook of plant nutrition

AV Barker, DJ Pilbeam - 2015 - books.google.com
This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …