Since whole-genome sequencing of many crops has been achieved, crop functional
genomics studies have stepped into the big-data and high-throughput era. However …

Bulk segregation analysis (BSA) utilizes a strategy of pooling individuals with extreme
phenotypes to conduct economical and rapidly linked marker screening or quantitative trait …

Crops feed the world's population and shape human civilization. The improvement of crop
productivity has been ongoing for almost 10,000 years and has evolved from an experience …

Improvement in traits of agronomic importance is the top breeding priority of crop
improvement programs. Majority of these agronomic traits show complex quantitative …

Agricultural production faces a Herculean challenge to feed the increasing global
population. Food production systems need to deliver more with finite land and water …

Background Salt stress is one of the main abiotic stresses that limits rice production
worldwide. Rice salt tolerance at the bud burst stage directly affects the seedling survival …

After being domesticated from teosinte, cultivated maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) spread
worldwide and now is one of the most important staple crops. Due to its tremendous …

Maize is a major staple crop widely used as food, animal feed, and raw materials in
industrial production. High‐density planting is a major factor contributing to the continuous …

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 …

Cloning quantitative trait locus (QTL) is time consuming and laborious, which hinders the
understanding of natural variation and genetic diversity. Here, we introduce RapMap, a …