Anthropogenic increases in fossil fuel emissions have been a primary driver of increased
concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO 2]) and other greenhouse gases …

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 …

We report de novo genome assemblies, transcriptomes, annotations, and methylomes for
the 26 inbreds that serve as the founders for the maize nested association mapping …

Networks are powerful tools to uncover functional roles of genes in phenotypic variation at a
system-wide scale. Here, we constructed a maize network map that contains the genomic …

Appropriate root system architecture (RSA) can improve maize yields in densely planted
fields, but little is known about its genetic basis in maize. Here we performed root …

Interpreting the effects of genetic variants is key to understanding individual susceptibility to
disease and designing personalized therapeutic approaches. Modern experimental …

Host genetics has recently been shown to be a driver of plant microbiome composition.
However, identifying the underlying genetic loci controlling microbial selection remains …

Despite the increased access to high-quality plant genome sequences, the set of genes with
a known function remains far from complete. With the advent of novel bulk and single-cell …

Keymessage Two hub genes GRMZM2G075104 and GRMZM2G333183 involved in salt
tolerance were identified by GWAS and WGCNA. Furthermore, they were verified to affect …

Plants produce a huge diversity of specialized metabolites (SM) throughout their life cycle
that play important physiological and ecological functions. SM can protect plants and seeds …