Potato cultivars worldwide are mostly tetraploid and clonally propagated. For over a century,
the breeding strategy has been phenotypic recurrent selection. The polyploid nature of the …

Main conclusion Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas technology improves the quality of
potato as a food crop and enables its use as both a model plant in fundamental research …

Re-domestication of potato into an inbred line-based diploid crop propagated by seed
represents a promising alternative to traditional clonal propagation of tetraploid potato, but …

The third most important food crop worldwide, potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a tetraploid
outcrossing species propagated from tubers. Breeders have long been challenged by …

Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are closely related to retroviruses, and their
activities shape eukaryotic genomes. Here, we present a complete Lotus japonicus insertion …

M6 (Reg. No. GP‐1, BS 228) is a diploid self‐compatible inbred line of the potato wild
relative Solanum chacoense. It is a vigorous, homozygous breeding line derived by self …

A screening under salt stress conditions of a T‐DNA mutant collection of tomato (Solanum
lycopersicum L.) led to the identification of the altered response to salt stress 1 (ars1) mutant …

Highlights•Genomes of crop plants are peppered with retrotransposons.•Retrotransposons
can be selectively mobilized in epigenetic mutants.•Their selective mobilization is also …

Hidden hunger is leading to extensive health problems in the developing world. Several
strategies could be used to reduce the micronutrient deficiencies by increasing the dietary …

Background Transposable elements constitute an important part of the genome and are
essential in adaptive mechanisms. Transposition events associated with phenotypic …