Plant pan-genomes are the new reference

PE Bayer, AA Golicz, A Scheben, J Batley, D Edwards - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Recent years have seen a surge in plant genome sequencing projects and the comparison
of multiple related individuals. The high degree of genomic variation observed led to the …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic resources in plant breeding for sustainable agriculture

M Thudi, R Palakurthi, JC Schnable… - Journal of Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change during the last 40 years has had a serious impact on agriculture and
threatens global food and nutritional security. From over half a million plant species, cereals …

[HTML][HTML] Next-generation breeding strategies for climate-ready crops

A Razzaq, P Kaur, N Akhter, SH Wani… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is a threat to global food security due to the reduction of crop productivity
around the globe. Food security is a matter of concern for stakeholders and policymakers as …

Current status of structural variation studies in plants

Y Yuan, PE Bayer, J Batley… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Structural variations (SVs) including gene presence/absence variations and copy number
variations are a common feature of genomes in plants and, together with single nucleotide …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies: assessing trait characteristics in model and crop plants

S Alseekh, D Kostova, M Bulut, AR Fernie - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2021 - Springer
GWAS involves testing genetic variants across the genomes of many individuals of a
population to identify genotype–phenotype association. It was initially developed and has …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating multi-omics data for crop improvement

F Scossa, S Alseekh, AR Fernie - Journal of plant physiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Our agricultural systems are now in urgent need to secure food for a growing world
population. To meet this challenge, we need a better characterization of plant genetic and …

Rewilding crops for climate resilience: economic analysis and de novo domestication strategies

A Razzaq, SH Wani, F Saleem, M Yu… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
To match predicted population growth, annual food production should be doubled by 2050.
This is not achievable by current agronomical and breeding practices, due to the impact of …

Sequencing the USDA core soybean collection reveals gene loss during domestication and breeding

PE Bayer, B Valliyodan, H Hu, JI Marsh… - The plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The gene content of plants varies between individuals of the same species due to gene
presence/absence variation, and selection can alter the frequency of specific genes in a …

Beyond a reference genome: pangenomes and population genomics of underutilized and orphan crops for future food and nutrition security

MA Chapman, Y He, M Zhou - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Underutilized crops are, by definition, under‐researched compared to staple crops yet come
with traits that may be especially important given climate change and the need to feed a …

[HTML][HTML] A pangenome analysis pipeline provides insights into functional gene identification in rice

J Wang, W Yang, S Zhang, H Hu, Y Yuan, J Dong… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background A pangenome aims to capture the complete genetic diversity within a species
and reduce bias in genetic analysis inherent in using a single reference genome. However …