Understanding the quantitative genetics of crops has been and will continue to be central to
maintaining and improving global food security. We outline four stages that plant breeding …

Transposable elements (TEs) are the key players in generating genomic novelty by a
combination of the chromosome rearrangements they cause and the genes that come under …

Sequence assembly of large and repeat-rich plant genomes has been challenging,
requiring substantial computational resources and often several complementary sequence …

Einkorn (Triticum monococcum) was the first domesticated wheat species, and was central
to the birth of agriculture and the Neolithic Revolution in the Fertile Crescent around 10,000 …

Cereal grasses of the Triticeae tribe have been the major food source in temperate regions
since the dawn of agriculture. Their large genomes are characterized by a high content of …

Long terminal repeat retrotransposons (LTR-RTs) are prevalent in plant genomes. The
identification of LTR-RTs is critical for achieving high-quality gene annotation. Based on the …

Gymnosperms are a unique lineage of plants that currently lack a high-quality reference
genome due to their large genome size and high repetitive sequence content. Here, we …

Maize is an important crop with a high level of genome diversity and heterosis. The genome
sequence of a typical female line, B73, was previously released. Here, we report a de novo …

Hot pepper (Capsicum annuum), one of the oldest domesticated crops in the Americas, is
the most widely grown spice crop in the world. We report whole-genome sequencing and …

As an economic crop, pepper satisfies people's spicy taste and has medicinal uses
worldwide. To gain a better understanding of Capsicum evolution, domestication, and …