Characterizing the population history of a species and identifying loci underlying local
adaptation is crucial in functional ecology, evolutionary biology, conservation and …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have emerged as a powerful tool for unraveling
intricate genotype–phenotype association across various species. Maize (Zea mays L.) …

Tree peony (Paeonia ostii) is an economically important ornamental plant native to China. It
is also notable for its seed oil, which is abundant in unsaturated fatty acids such as α …

In most existing methods and softwares of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for
detecting quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs), QTN-by-environment interactions (QEIs), and …

Molecular manipulation of susceptibility (S) genes that are antipodes to resistance (R) genes
has been adopted as an alternative strategy for controlling crop diseases. Here, we show …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the most important legume forage crop worldwide with high
nutritional value and yield. For a long time, the breeding of alfalfa was hampered by lacking …

Genetic improvement of grain quality is more challenging in hybrid rice than in inbred rice
due to additional nonadditive effects such as dominance. Here, we describe a pipeline …

High-quality reference genome assemblies, representative of global heterotic patterns, offer
an ideal platform to accurately characterize and utilize genetic variation in the primary gene …

Leaf and floral tissue degeneration is a common feature in plants. In cereal crops such as
barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), pre-anthesis tip degeneration (PTD) starts with growth arrest of …

Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) has a brief history of less than 300 yr, beginning
with the hybridization of octoploids Fragaria chiloensis and Fragaria virginiana. Here we …