Over two thousand plant species have been modified morphologically through cultivation
and human use. Here, we review three aspects of crop domestication that are currently …

The process of crop domestication has long been a topic of active research for biologists,
anthropologists and others. Genetic data have proved a powerful resource for drawing …

Crop domestications are long-term selection experiments that have greatly advanced
human civilization. The domestication of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) ranks as one of the …

The indica and japonica rice (Oryza sativa) subspecies differ in nitrate (NO3−) assimilation
capacity and nitrogen (N) use efficiency (NUE). Here, we show that a major component of …

We gathered genomic data from grapes (Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera), a clonally propagated
perennial crop, to address three ongoing mysteries about plant domestication. The first is the …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important cereal grains in the world today and serves
as a staple food source for more than half of the world's population. Research into when …

The origin of domesticated Asian rice (Oryza sativa) has been a contentious topic, with
conflicting evidence for either single or multiple domestication of this key crop species. We …

Plant breeding can be broadly defined as alterations caused in plants as a result of their use
by humans, ranging from unintentional changes resulting from the advent of agriculture to …

Asian rice, Oryza sativa, is one of world's oldest and most important crop species. Rice is
believed to have been domesticated∼ 9,000 y ago, although debate on its origin remains …

Major leaps forward in understanding rice both in genetics and archaeology have taken
place in the past decade or so—with the publication of full draft genomes for indica and …