Key message Synthetic control systems have led to significant advancement in the study
and engineering of unicellular organisms, but it has been challenging to apply these tools to …

The escalating impact of climate change and ultraviolet (UV) radiation is subjecting plants to
unique combinations of UV‐B and drought stress. These combined stressors could have …

Aluminum (Al) and manganese (Mn) toxicity are the top two constraints of crop production in
acid soil. Crops have evolved common and specific mechanisms to tolerate the two stresses …

Water scarcity and global warming make drought-tolerant plant species more in-demand
than ever. The most drastic damage exerted by drought occurs during the critical growth …

Abiotic stresses including cold, drought, salt, and iron deficiency severely impair plant
development, crop productivity, and geographic distribution. Several bodies of research …

Seed color is one of the key target traits of domestication and artificial selection in chickpeas
due to its implications on consumer preference and market value. The complex seed color …

Amidst global climate warming, the urgency to enhance crop drought resistance has
reached unprecedented levels. However, the achievement of superior drought‐resistant …

We developed a combinatorial next generation sequencing (NGS)-based high-throughput
expression QTL-seq (eQTL-seq) strategy for rapid elucidation of complex genetic …

Background Cicer arietinum is a significant legume crop cultivated mainly in short-season
environments, where early-flowering is a desirable trait to overcome terminal constraints …

Forage crops and grasses are the basis for global feed supply to the livestock sector.
Climate change negatively impacts the quantity and quality of forages and grassland …