Building pan-genome infrastructures for crop plants and their use in association genetics

M Jayakodi, M Schreiber, N Stein, M Mascher - DNA Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Pan-genomic studies aim at representing the entire sequence diversity within a species to
provide useful resources for evolutionary studies, functional genomics and breeding of …

Precise integration of large DNA sequences in plant genomes using PrimeRoot editors

C Sun, Y Lei, B Li, Q Gao, Y Li, W Cao, C Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A technique for chromosomal insertion of large DNA segments is much needed in plant
breeding and synthetic biology to facilitate the introduction of desired agronomic traits and …

GENESPACE tracks regions of interest and gene copy number variation across multiple genomes

JT Lovell, A Sreedasyam, ME Schranz, M Wilson… - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The development of multiple chromosome-scale reference genome sequences in many
taxonomic groups has yielded a high-resolution view of the patterns and processes of …

Genome editing of a rice CDP-DAG synthase confers multipathogen resistance

G Sha, P Sun, X Kong, X Han, Q Sun, L Fouillen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The discovery and application of genome editing introduced a new era of plant breeding by
giving researchers efficient tools for the precise engineering of crop genomes. Here we …

Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass

JT Lovell, AH MacQueen, S Mamidi, J Bonnette… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Long-term climate change and periodic environmental extremes threaten food and fuel
security and global crop productivity,–. Although molecular and adaptive breeding strategies …

Marker-free carotenoid-enriched rice generated through targeted gene insertion using CRISPR-Cas9

OX Dong, S Yu, R Jain, N Zhang, PQ Duong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Targeted insertion of transgenes at pre-determined plant genomic safe harbors provides a
desirable alternative to insertions at random sites achieved through conventional methods …

Long-read sequencing of 111 rice genomes reveals significantly larger pan-genomes

F Zhang, H Xue, X Dong, M Li, X Zheng, Z Li… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
The concept of pan-genome, which is the collection of all genomes from a population, has
shown a great potential in genomics study, especially for crop sciences. The rice pan …

Plant pangenomes for crop improvement, biodiversity and evolution

M Schreiber, M Jayakodi, N Stein… - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Plant genome sequences catalogue genes and the genetic elements that regulate their
expression. Such inventories further research aims as diverse as mapping the molecular …

High‐efficiency prime editing enables new strategies for broad‐spectrum resistance to bacterial blight of rice

A Gupta, B Liu, QJ Chen, B Yang - Plant biotechnology journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using genetic resistance against bacterial blight (BB) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae
pathovar oryzae (Xoo) is a major objective in rice breeding programmes. Prime editing (PE) …

[HTML][HTML] Genome analyses reveal population structure and a purple stigma color gene candidate in finger millet

KM Devos, P Qi, BA Bahri, DM Gimode, K Jenike… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Finger millet is a key food security crop widely grown in eastern Africa, India and Nepal.
Long considered a 'poor man's crop', finger millet has regained attention over the past …