We have witnessed an explosion in our understanding of the evolution and structure of plant
genomes in recent years. Here, we highlight three important emergent realizations:(1) that …

Castor oil, produced from castor beans, has long been considered to be of important
commercial value primarily for the manufacturing of soaps, lubricants, and coatings, among …

Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

Background DNA methylation is an important feature of plant epigenomes, involved in the
formation of heterochromatin and affecting gene expression. Extensive variation of DNA …

Oranges are an important nutritional source for human health and have immense economic
value. Here we present a comprehensive analysis of the draft genome of sweet orange …

We have sequenced and assembled a draft genome of G. raimondii, whose progenitor is the
putative contributor of the D subgenome to the economically important fiber-producing …

Pigeonpea is an important legume food crop grown primarily by smallholder farmers in
many semi-arid tropical regions of the world. We used the Illumina next-generation …

Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is an ancient crop that is widely cultivated as a source of fiber, oil
and medicinally relevant compounds. To accelerate crop improvement, we performed whole …

Peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), a legume of South American origin, has high
seed oil content (45–56%) and is a staple crop in semiarid tropical and subtropical regions …

Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important staple food crop in Africa and
South America; however, ubiquitous deleterious mutations may severely decrease its …