Key message Integrating genomics technologies and breeding methods to tweak core
parameters of the breeder's equation could accelerate delivery of climate-resilient and …

Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding
approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with …

Complete and accurate reference genomes and annotations provide fundamental resources
for functional genomics and crop breeding. Here we report a de novo assembly and …

Modern tomatoes have narrow genetic diversity limiting their improvement potential. We
present a tomato pan-genome constructed using genome sequences of 725 …

Structural variations (SVs) have long been described as being involved in the origin,
adaption, and domestication of species. However, the underlying genetic and genomic …

Solanum pimpinellifolium (SP) is the wild progenitor of cultivated tomato. Because of its
remarkable stress tolerance and intense flavor, SP has been used as an important …

Crops are the major source of food supply and raw materials for the processing industry. A
balance between crop production and food consumption is continually threatened by plant …

Color and pigment contents are important aspects of fruit quality and consumer acceptance
of cucurbit crops. Here, we describe the independent mapping and cloning of a common …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) aroma is determined by the interaction of volatile
compounds (VOCs) released by the tomato fruits with receptors in the nose, leading to a …

Hybrid rice has made considerable contributions to achieve the ambitious goal of food
security for the world's population. Hybrid rice from indica/xian and japonica/geng …