Heterosis (or hybrid vigor) has been widely used in crop seed breeding to improve many key
economic traits. Nevertheless, the genetic and molecular basis of this important …

Heterosis has historically been exploited in plants; however, its underlying genetic
mechanisms and molecular basis remain elusive. In recent years, due to advances in …

Exploitation of crop heterosis is crucial for increasing global agriculture production.
However, the quantitative genomic analysis of heterosis was lacking, and there is currently …

Single-cross maize hybrids display superior heterosis and are produced from crossing two
parental inbred lines belonging to genetically different heterotic groups. Here we assembled …

Utilization of heterosis has greatly increased the productivity of many crops worldwide.
Although tremendous progress has been made in characterizing the genetic basis of …

Since approximate a century ago, many hybrid crops have been continually developed by
crossing two inbred varieties. Owing to heterosis (hybrid vigor) in plants, these hybrids often …

The mechanisms underlying heterosis have long remained a matter of debate, despite its
agricultural importance. How changes in transcriptional networks during plant development …

Background Heterosis is widely used in agriculture. However, its molecular mechanisms are
still unclear in plants. Here, we develop, sequence, and record the phenotypes of 418 …

Heterosis or hybrid vigor is a phenomenon where hybrid progeny have superior
performance compared to their parental inbred lines. This is important in the use of F 1 …

Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is the most important natural textile fiber crop in the world. The
ideal plant architecture of cotton is suitable for mechanical harvesting and productivity in …