Plant glandular trichomes: natural cell factories of high biotechnological interest

A Huchelmann, M Boutry, C Hachez - Plant physiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Multicellular glandular trichomes are epidermal outgrowths characterized by the presence of
a head made of cells that have the ability to secrete or store large quantities of specialized …

The epigenome and transcriptional dynamics of fruit ripening

J Giovannoni, C Nguyen, B Ampofo… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Fruit has evolved myriad forms that facilitate seed dispersal in varied environmental and
ecological contexts. Because fleshy fruits become attractive and nutritious to seed …

Pangenomic analysis identifies structural variation associated with heat tolerance in pearl millet

H Yan, M Sun, Z Zhang, Y Jin, A Zhang, C Lin, B Wu… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Pearl millet is an important cereal crop worldwide and shows superior heat tolerance. Here,
we developed a graph-based pan-genome by assembling ten chromosomal genomes with …

Solanum americanum genome-assisted discovery of immune receptors that detect potato late blight pathogen effectors

X Lin, Y Jia, R Heal, M Prokchorchik… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) crops suffer severe losses
to late blight caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Solanum …

Gene duplication and evolution in recurring polyploidization–diploidization cycles in plants

X Qiao, Q Li, H Yin, K Qi, L Li, R Wang, S Zhang… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

The Sol Genomics Network (SGN)—from genotype to phenotype to breeding

N Fernandez-Pozo, N Menda, JD Edwards… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Sol Genomics Network (SGN, http://solgenomics. net) is a web portal with
genomic and phenotypic data, and analysis tools for the Solanaceae family and close …

New reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease-resistance genes by retroduplication

S Kim, J Park, SI Yeom, YM Kim, E Seo, KT Kim… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Transposable elements are major evolutionary forces which can cause new
genome structure and species diversification. The role of transposable elements in the …

Evolution of plant genome architecture

JF Wendel, SA Jackson, BC Meyers, RA Wing - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
We have witnessed an explosion in our understanding of the evolution and structure of plant
genomes in recent years. Here, we highlight three important emergent realizations:(1) that …

A high-quality carrot genome assembly provides new insights into carotenoid accumulation and asterid genome evolution

M Iorizzo, S Ellison, D Senalik, P Zeng, P Satapoomin… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
We report a high-quality chromosome-scale assembly and analysis of the carrot (Daucus
carota) genome, the first sequenced genome to include a comparative evolutionary analysis …

A chromosome-anchored eggplant genome sequence reveals key events in Solanaceae evolution

L Barchi, M Pietrella, L Venturini, A Minio, L Toppino… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
With approximately 450 species, spiny Solanum species constitute the largest monophyletic
group in the Solanaceae family, but a high-quality genome assembly from this group is …