Doubling down on genomes: polyploidy and crop plants

S Renny‐Byfield, JF Wendel - American journal of botany, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Polyploidy, or whole genome multiplication, is ubiquitous among angiosperms. Many crop
species are relatively recent allopolyploids, resulting from interspecific hybridization and …

Recent advances in cotton genomics

HB Zhang, Y Li, B Wang… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Genome research promises to promote continued and enhanced plant genetic
improvement. As a world′ s leading crop and a model system for studies of many biological …

Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres

AH Paterson, JF Wendel, H Gundlach, H Guo… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Polyploidy often confers emergent properties, such as the higher fibre productivity and
quality of tetraploid cottons than diploid cottons bred for the same environments. Here we …

A genome-wide meta-analysis of rice blast resistance genes and quantitative trait loci provides new insights into partial and complete resistance

E Ballini, JB Morel, G Droc, A Price… - Molecular Plant …, 2008 - Am Phytopath Society
The completion of the genome sequences of both rice and Magnaporthe oryzae has
strengthened the position of rice blast disease as a model to study plant–pathogen …

A comprehensive meta QTL analysis for fiber quality, yield, yield related and morphological traits, drought tolerance, and disease resistance in tetraploid cotton

JI Said, Z Lin, X Zhang, M Song, J Zhang - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background The study of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in cotton (Gossypium spp.) is focused
on traits of agricultural significance. Previous studies have identified a plethora of QTL …

Meta‐analysis of QTL associated with Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat

S Liu, MD Hall, CA Griffey, AL McKendry - Crop Science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB), which
is mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe [telomorph: Gibberella zeae …

Recovering missing or partial data from studies: a survey of conversions and imputations for meta-analysis

MJ Lajeunesse, J Koricheva, J Gurevitch… - Handbook of meta …, 2013 - degruyter.com
META-ANALYSIS USES SUMMARY STATISTICS like effect sizes to combine information
from multiple studies. Yet a common problem encountered when collecting information for …

A comparative meta-analysis of QTL between intraspecific Gossypium hirsutum and interspecific G. hirsutum × G. barbadense populations

JI Said, M Song, H Wang, Z Lin, X Zhang… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2015 - Springer
Key message Based on 1075 and 1059 QTL from intraspecific Upland and interspecific
Upland× Pima populations, respectively, the identification of QTL clusters and hotspots …

Meta-analysis of grain yield QTL identified during agricultural drought in grasses showed consensus

BPM Swamy, P Vikram, S Dixit, HU Ahmed, A Kumar - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Background In the last few years, efforts have been made to identify large effect QTL for
grain yield under drought in rice. However, identification of most precise and consistent QTL …

Mapping quantitative trait loci for lint yield and fiber quality across environments in a Gossypium hirsutum × Gossypium barbadense backcross inbred line population

J Yu, K Zhang, S Li, S Yu, H Zhai, M Wu, X Li… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2013 - Springer
Identification of stable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) across different environments and
mapping populations is a prerequisite for marker-assisted selection (MAS) for cotton yield …