Plant genomes are so highly diverse that a substantial proportion of genomic sequences are
not shared among individuals. The variable DNA sequences, along with the conserved core …

Advances in DNA sequencing technology have sparked a genomics revolution, driving
breakthroughs in plant genetics and crop breeding. Recently, the focus has shifted from …

Medicinal plants produce important substrates for their adaptation and defenses against
environmental factors and, at the same time, are used for traditional medicine and industrial …

Orphan crops are indigenous and invariably grown by small and marginal farmers under
subsistence farming systems. These crops, which are common and widely accepted by local …

More than half of the calories consumed by humans are provided by three major cereal
crops (rice, maize, and wheat). Orphan crops are usually well adapted to low-input …

Underutilized crops are, by definition, under‐researched compared to staple crops yet come
with traits that may be especially important given climate change and the need to feed a …

Medicinal and food homologous adlay (Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf) plays an
important role in natural products promoting human health. We demonstrated the systematic …

Eleocharis vivipara, an amphibious sedge in the Cyperaceae family, has several remarkable
properties, most notably its alternate use of C3 photosynthesis underwater and C4 …

Hulled grains, while providing natural protection for seeds, pose a challenge to manual
threshing due to the pair of glumes tightly encasing them. Based on natural evolution and …

With the development of sequencing technology, the research on medicinal plants is no
longer limited to the aspects of chemistry, pharmacology, and pharmacodynamics, but …