More accurate and precise phenotyping strategies are necessary to empower high-
resolution linkage mapping and genome-wide association studies and for training genomic …

Plant immune receptors of the class of nucleotide‐binding and leucine‐rich repeat domain
(NLR) proteins can contain additional domains besides canonical NB‐ARC (nucleotide …

Abstract Analysis of genetic mutations is one of the most effective ways to investigate gene
function. We now have methods that allow for mass production of mutant lines and cells in a …

Improved plant varieties are important in our attempts to face the challenges of a growing
human population and limited planet resources. Plant breeding relies on meiotic crossovers …

During the last 10 years, a large number of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling rice root
morphological parameters have been detected in several mapping populations by teams …

Introduction of clonal reproduction through seeds (apomixis) in crops has the potential to
revolutionize agriculture by allowing self-propagation of any elite variety, in particular F1 …

Background Receptor-like kinases are well-known to play key roles in disease resistance.
Among them, the Wall-associated kinases (WAKs) have been shown to be positive …

Mutagenized populations have become indispensable resources for introducing variation
and studying gene function in plant genomics research. In this study, fast neutron (FN) …

Polycomb group proteins (PcG) play important roles in epigenetic regulation of gene
expression. Some core PcG proteins, such as Enhancer of Zeste (E (z)), Suppressor of Zeste …

Background Nitrogen often increases disease susceptibility, a phenomenon that can be
observed under controlled conditions and called NIS, for Nitrogen-Induced Susceptibility …