Recent Advances in Assembly of Complex Plant Genomes

W Kong, Y Wang, S Zhang, J Yu… - Genomics, Proteomics & …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Over the past 20 years, tremendous advances in sequencing technologies and
computational algorithms have spurred plant genomic research into a thriving era with …

The genome and population genomics of allopolyploid Coffea arabica reveal the diversification history of modern coffee cultivars

J Salojärvi, A Rambani, Z Yu, R Guyot, S Strickler… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Coffea arabica, an allotetraploid hybrid of Coffea eugenioides and Coffea canephora, is the
source of approximately 60% of coffee products worldwide, and its cultivated accessions …

Biotechnological interventions in reducing losses of tropical fruits and vegetables

M Irfan, P Kumar, MF Ahmad, MW Siddiqui - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Pre-and postharvest levels losses are major constraints in tropical fruit and
vegetables.•Transgenics, genomics, and genome editing in controlling losses have been …

Two haplotype-resolved, gap-free genome assemblies for Actinidia latifolia and Actinidia chinensis shed light on the regulatory mechanisms of vitamin C and sucrose …

X Han, Y Zhang, Q Zhang, N Ma, X Liu, W Tao, Z Lou… - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
Kiwifruit is a recently domesticated horticultural fruit crop with substantial economic and
nutritional value, especially because of the high content of vitamin C in its fruit. In this study …

The phased telomere-to-telomere reference genome of Musa acuminata, a main contributor to banana cultivars

X Liu, R Arshad, X Wang, WM Li, Y Zhou, XJ Ge… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Musa acuminata is a main wild contributor to banana cultivars. Here, we reported a
haplotype-resolved and telomere-to-telomere reference genome of M. acuminata by …

An insertion of transposon in DcNAP inverted its function in the ethylene pathway to delay petal senescence in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)

Z Sun, M Wu, S Wang, S Feng, Y Wang… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Petal senescence is the final stage of flower development. Transcriptional regulation plays
key roles in this process. However, whether and how post‐transcriptional regulation …

Dipterocarpoidae genomics reveal their demography and adaptations to Asian rainforests

R Wang, CN Liu, ST Segar, YT Jiang, KJ Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Dipterocarpoideae species form the emergent layer of Asian rainforests. They are the
indicator species for Asian rainforest distribution, but they are severely threatened. Here, to …

Haplotype‐resolved genome assembly of Populus tremula × P. alba reveals aspen‐specific megabase satellite DNA

R Zhou, JW Jenkins, Y Zeng, S Shu, H Jang… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Populus species play a foundational role in diverse ecosystems and are important
renewable feedstocks for bioenergy and bioproducts. Hybrid aspen Populus tremula× P …

Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomic resource to accelerate orphan crop lablab breeding

I Njaci, B Waweru, N Kamal, MS Muktar… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Under-utilised orphan crops hold the key to diversified and climate-resilient food systems.
Here, we report on orphan crop genomics using the case of Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet …

Genomic insights into rapid speciation within the world's largest tree genus Syzygium

YW Low, S Rajaraman, CM Tomlin, JA Ahmad… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Species radiations, despite immense phenotypic variation, can be difficult to resolve
phylogenetically when genetic change poorly matches the rapidity of diversification …