Multi-parent populations in crops: a toolbox integrating genomics and genetic mapping with breeding

MF Scott, O Ladejobi, S Amer, AR Bentley, J Biernaskie… - Heredity, 2020 - nature.com
Crop populations derived from experimental crosses enable the genetic dissection of
complex traits and support modern plant breeding. Among these, multi-parent populations …

Recent advances in agronomic and physio-molecular approaches for improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop plants

T Javed, II, RK Singhal, R Shabbir, AN Shah… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The efficiency with which plants use nutrients to create biomass and/or grain is determined
by the interaction of environmental and plant intrinsic factors. The major macronutrients …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing landrace diversity empowers wheat breeding

S Cheng, C Feng, LU Wingen, H Cheng, AB Riche… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Harnessing genetic diversity in major staple crops through the development of new breeding
capabilities is essential to ensure food security. Here we examined the genetic and …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies by making peace with nature 50 years after the Stockholm Conference

IA Baste, RT Watson - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Today's increasingly unequal and resource intensive development model degrades and
surpasses Earth's finite capacity to sustain human well-being. Society must restore this …

A reductionist approach to dissecting grain weight and yield in wheat

J Brinton, C Uauy - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Grain yield is a highly polygenic trait that is influenced by the environment and integrates
events throughout the life cycle of a plant. In wheat, the major grain yield components often …

A haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding

J Brinton, RH Ramirez-Gonzalez, J Simmonds… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Crop productivity must increase at unprecedented rates to meet the needs of the growing
worldwide population. Exploiting natural variation for the genetic improvement of crops plays …

[HTML][HTML] Exploiting genetic variation in nitrogen use efficiency for cereal crop improvement

MJ Hawkesford, S Griffiths - Current opinion in plant biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•A statement on the critical importance of this area of plant science in terms of food
security and sustainability.•An outline of the critical NUE processes and example studies of …

Ten years of the maize nested association mapping population: impact, limitations, and future directions

JL Gage, B Monier, A Giri, ES Buckler - The Plant Cell, 2020 - academic.oup.com
It has been just over a decade since the release of the maize (Zea mays) Nested Association
Mapping (NAM) population. The NAM population has been and continues to be an …

A roadmap for gene functional characterisation in crops with large genomes: lessons from polyploid wheat

NM Adamski, P Borrill, J Brinton, SA Harrington… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Understanding the function of genes within staple crops will accelerate crop improvement by
allowing targeted breeding approaches. Despite their importance, a lack of genomic …

Strategies to improve wheat for human health

B Hazard, K Trafford, A Lovegrove, S Griffiths, C Uauy… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Despite their economic importance and growing demand, concerns are emerging around
wheat-based foods and human health. Most wheat-based foods are made from refined white …