Major genes determining yield-related traits in wheat and barley

A Nadolska-Orczyk, IK Rajchel, W Orczyk… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2017 - Springer
Key message Current development of advanced biotechnology tools allows us to
characterize the role of key genes in plant productivity. The implementation of this …

Hybrid breeding in wheat: technologies to improve hybrid wheat seed production

R Whitford, D Fleury, JC Reif, M Garcia… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Global food security demands the development and delivery of new technologies to
increase and secure cereal production on finite arable land without increasing water and …

Long-read sequence assembly: a technical evaluation in barley

M Mascher, T Wicker, J Jenkins, C Plott, T Lux… - The Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Sequence assembly of large and repeat-rich plant genomes has been challenging,
requiring substantial computational resources and often several complementary sequence …

Natural variation in a homolog of Antirrhinum CENTRORADIALIS contributed to spring growth habit and environmental adaptation in cultivated barley

J Comadran, B Kilian, J Russell, L Ramsay, N Stein… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
As early farming spread from the Fertile Crescent in the Near East around 10,000 years
before the present, domesticated crops encountered considerable ecological and …

Unlocking the barley genome by chromosomal and comparative genomics

KFX Mayer, M Martis, PE Hedley, H Šimková… - The Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We used a novel approach that incorporated chromosome sorting, next-generation
sequencing, array hybridization, and systematic exploitation of conserved synteny with …

INTERMEDIUM-C, a modifier of lateral spikelet fertility in barley, is an ortholog of the maize domestication gene TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1

L Ramsay, J Comadran, A Druka, DF Marshall… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
The domestication of cereals has involved common changes in morphological features,
such as seed size, seed retention and modification of vegetative and inflorescence …

Barley whole exome capture: a tool for genomic research in the genus Hordeum and beyond

M Mascher, TA Richmond, DJ Gerhardt… - The Plant …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced resources for genome‐assisted research in barley (H ordeum vulgare) including
a whole‐genome shotgun assembly and an integrated physical map have recently become …

FIND-IT: Accelerated trait development for a green evolution

S Knudsen, T Wendt, C Dockter, HC Thomsen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Improved agricultural and industrial production organisms are required to meet the future
global food demands and minimize the effects of climate change. A new resource for crop …

A genetic playground for enhancing grain number in cereals

N Sreenivasulu, T Schnurbusch - Trends in plant science, 2012 - cell.com
Improving the yield stability of cereal crops with a view to bolstering global food security is
an important priority. The components of final grain number per plant at harvest are …

Advances in omics and bioinformatics tools for systems analyses of plant functions

K Mochida, K Shinozaki - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Omics and bioinformatics are essential to understanding the molecular systems that underlie
various plant functions. Recent game-changing sequencing technologies have revitalized …