The disciplines of evolutionary biology and plant and animal breeding have been
intertwined throughout their development, with responses to artificial selection yielding …

Worldwide agricultural systems are threatened by rising temperatures, extreme weather
events, and shifting climate zones. Climate change-driven failure in sexual reproduction is a …

Global food systems face unprecedented challenges from climate change, extreme weather
events, land and water constraints, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, market volatility, and …

Key message A new Or Anom1 gene introgressed in cultivated sunflower from wild
Helianthus anomalus confers late post-attachment resistance to Orobanche cumana race G …

Regulation of gene expression is a critical link between genotype and phenotype explaining
substantial heritable variation within species. However, we are only beginning to understand …

Host–microbe interactions are increasingly recognized as important drivers of organismal
health, growth, longevity and community‐scale ecological processes. However, less is …

The probability of parallel genetic evolution is a function of the strength of selection and
constraints imposed by genetic architecture. Inversions capture locally adapted alleles and …

Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide a valuable resource for improving crops. They possess
desirable traits that confer resilience to various environmental stresses. To fully utilize crop …

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a globally significant field crop, and disease resistance is
crucial for ensuring yield stability and crop quality. Verticillium dahliae is a notorious …

Crop domestication and the subsequent expansion of crops have long been thought of as a
linear process from a wild ancestor to a domesticate. However, evidence of gene flow from …