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

Yield is one of the most important agronomic traits for the breeding of rapeseed (Brassica
napus L), but its genetic dissection for the formation of high yield remains enigmatic, given …

Color and pigment contents are important aspects of fruit quality and consumer acceptance
of cucurbit crops. Here, we describe the independent mapping and cloning of a common …

Difficulty in detecting rare variants is one of the problems in conventional genome-wide
association studies (GWAS). The problem is closely related to the complex gene …

Intramuscular fat (IMF) is an important quantitative trait of meat, which affects the associated
sensory properties and nutritional value of pork. To gain a better understanding of the …

Stalk lodging resistance, which is mainly measured by stem diameter (SD), stalk bending
strength (SBS), and rind penetrometer resistance (RPR) in maize, seriously affects the yield …

A major breeding target in Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is to improve the fiber
quality. To address this issue, 169 diverse accessions, genotyped by 53,848 high-quality …

Rice varieties whose quality is graded as excellent have a lower percent grain chalkiness
(PGC) of two per cent and below with higher whole grain yields upon milling, leading to …

Ovule number (ON), seed per silique (SS), and thousand seed weight (TSW) are the most
important but complex traits affecting yield. This study undertook genome-wide association …

Brown rice (Oryza sativa) possesses various nutritionally dense bioactive phytochemicals
exhibiting a wide range of antioxidant, anti‐cancer, and anti‐diabetic properties known to …