Shaping polyploid wheat for success: Origins, domestication, and the genetic improvement of agronomic traits

J Liu, Y Yao, M Xin, H Peng, Z Ni… - Journal of Integrative …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L., AABBDD, 2n= 6x= 42), which accounts for most of the
cultivated wheat crop worldwide, is a typical allohexaploid with a genome derived from three …

Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium … - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the most widely cultivated crop on Earth,
contributing about a fifth of the total calories consumed by humans. Consequently, wheat …

[HTML][HTML] From genetic maps to QTL cloning: an overview for durum wheat

P Colasuonno, I Marcotuli, A Gadaleta, JM Soriano - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Durum wheat is one of the most important cultivated cereal crops, providing nutrients to
humans and domestic animals. Durum breeding programs prioritize the improvement of its …

Copy number variation of TdDof controls solid-stemmed architecture in wheat

KT Nilsen, S Walkowiak, D Xiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Stem solidness is an important agronomic trait of durum (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum)
and bread (Triticum aestivum L.) wheat that provides resistance to the wheat stem sawfly …

Genetic diversity for developing climate-resilient wheats to achieve food security goals

SH Wani, H Khan, A Riaz, DC Joshi, W Hussain… - Advances in …, 2022 - Elsevier
To feed more than 9 billion people by 2050, increased food production must be
accomplished with reduced agricultural inputs in the face of climate change. Wild relatives of …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking the molecular basis of wheat straw composition and morphological traits through multi-locus GWAS

S Esposito, F Taranto, P Vitale, DBM Ficco… - BMC Plant …, 2022 - Springer
Background Rapid reductions in emissions from fossil fuel burning are needed to curb
global climate change. Biofuel production from crop residues can contribute to reducing the …

Sorghum stem aerenchyma formation is regulated by SbNAC_D during internode development

AL Casto, BA McKinley, KMJ Yu, WL Rooney… - Plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sorghum bicolor is a drought‐resilient C4 grass used for production of grain, forage, sugar,
and biomass. Sorghum genotypes capable of accumulating high levels of stem sucrose …

[HTML][HTML] Development and identification of four new synthetic hexaploid wheat lines with solid stems

D Liang, M Zhang, X Liu, H Li, Z Jia, D Wang, T Peng… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Stem solidness is an important agronomic trait for increasing the ability of wheat to resist
lodging. In this study, four new synthetic hexaploid wheat with solid stems were developed …

[HTML][HTML] The putative vacuolar processing enzyme gene TaVPE3cB is a candidate gene for wheat stem pith-thickness

Q Liu, Y Zhao, S Rahman, M She, J Zhang… - Theoretical and applied …, 2023 - Springer
Key message The vacuolar processing enzyme gene TaVPE3cB is identified as a candidate
gene for a QTL of wheat pith-thickness on chromosome 3B by BSR-seq and differential …

[HTML][HTML] Untargeted metabolomics profiling of oat (Avena sativa L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) infested with wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus Norton) …

MS Hager, ML Hofland, AC Varella, B Bothner… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Wheat stem sawfly (WSS), Cephus cinctus Norton, is a major pest of common
bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and other cultivated cereals in North America. Planting of …