Genotyping‐by‐sequencing approaches to characterize crop genomes: choosing the right tool for the right application

A Scheben, J Batley, D Edwards - Plant biotechnology journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, the revolution in sequencing technologies has deeply impacted crop
genotyping practice. New methods allowing rapid, high‐throughput genotyping of entire …

Bulked sample analysis in genetics, genomics and crop improvement

C Zou, P Wang, Y Xu - Plant biotechnology journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Biological assay has been based on analysis of all individuals collected from sample
populations. Bulked sample analysis (BSA), which works with selected and pooled …

Uncovering hidden variation in polyploid wheat

KV Krasileva, HA Vasquez-Gross… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Comprehensive reverse genetic resources, which have been key to understanding gene
function in diploid model organisms, are missing in many polyploid crops. Young polyploid …

Development and validation of KASP assays for genes underpinning key economic traits in bread wheat

A Rasheed, W Wen, F Gao, S Zhai, H Jin, J Liu… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2016 - Springer
Key message We developed and validated a robust marker toolkit for high-throughput and
cost-effective screening of a large number of functional genes in wheat. Abstract Functional …

expVIP: a customizable RNA-seq data analysis and visualization platform

P Borrill, R Ramirez-Gonzalez, C Uauy - Plant physiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The majority of transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) expression studies in plants remain
underutilized and inaccessible due to the use of disparate transcriptome references and the …

BED-domain-containing immune receptors confer diverse resistance spectra to yellow rust

C Marchal, J Zhang, P Zhang, P Fenwick… - Nature plants, 2018 - nature.com
Crop diseases reduce wheat yields by~ 25% globally and thus pose a major threat to global
food security. Genetic resistance can reduce crop losses in the field and can be selected …

TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 Regulates Inflorescence Architecture and Development in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

LE Dixon, JR Greenwood, S Bencivenga… - The Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The flowers of major cereals are arranged on reproductive branches known as spikelets,
which group together to form an inflorescence. Diversity for inflorescence architecture has …

Fine mapping and gene cloning in the post-NGS era: advances and prospects

D Jaganathan, A Bohra, M Thudi… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Improvement in traits of agronomic importance is the top breeding priority of crop
improvement programs. Majority of these agronomic traits show complex quantitative …

Identification of heat-tolerance QTLs and high-temperature stress-responsive genes through conventional QTL mapping, QTL-seq and RNA-seq in tomato

J Wen, F Jiang, Y Weng, M Sun, X Shi, Y Zhou, L Yu… - BMC plant biology, 2019 - Springer
Background High temperature is one of the major abiotic stresses in tomato and greatly
reduces fruit yield and quality. Identifying high-temperature stress-responsive (HSR) genes …

A rare single nucleotide variant in Pm5e confers powdery mildew resistance in common wheat

J Xie, G Guo, Y Wang, T Hu, L Wang, J Li… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Powdery mildew poses severe threats to wheat production. The most sustainable way to
control this disease is through planting resistant cultivars. We report the map‐based cloning …