Background Agricultural systems are amended ecosystems with a variety of properties.
Modern agroecosystems have tended towards high through-flow systems, with energy …

DNA markers have enormous potential to improve the efficiency and precision of
conventional plant breeding via marker-assisted selection (MAS). The large number of …

The narrowing of diversity in crop species contributing to the world's food supplies has been
considered a potential threat to food security. However, changes in this diversity have not …

Structural variations (SVs) and copy number variations (CNVs) contribute to trait variations in
fleshy-fruited species. Here, we assemble 10 genomes of genetically diverse Malus …

Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is a warm season grass with a growing season of 60–
100 days. It is a highly nutritious cereal grain used for human consumption, bird seed, and/or …

The world is undergoing unprecedented changes in many of the factors that determine its
fundamental properties and their in-ence on society. These changes include climate; the …

The need to accelerate breeding for increased yield potential and better adaptation to
drought and other abiotic stresses is an issue of increasing urgency. As the population …

Bambara groundnut is an underutilized pulse that can make a positive contribution to food
and nutritional security at the regional and global level, particularly in tropical developing …

The population of Africa will double in the next 33 years to reach 2.5 billion by 2050.
Although roughly 60% of the continent's population is engaged in agriculture, the produce …

Key message This review explores how speed breeding protocols that hasten plant growth
and development could be applied to shorten breeding cycles and accelerate research …