Next-generation breeding strategies for climate-ready crops

A Razzaq, P Kaur, N Akhter, SH Wani… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is a threat to global food security due to the reduction of crop productivity
around the globe. Food security is a matter of concern for stakeholders and policymakers as …

Plant pangenomes for crop improvement, biodiversity and evolution

M Schreiber, M Jayakodi, N Stein… - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Plant genome sequences catalogue genes and the genetic elements that regulate their
expression. Such inventories further research aims as diverse as map** the molecular …

A pan-genome of 69 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions reveals a conserved genome structure throughout the global species range

Q Lian, B Huettel, B Walkemeier, B Mayjonade… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although originally primarily a system for functional biology, Arabidopsis thaliana has, owing
to its broad geographical distribution and adaptation to diverse environments, developed …

Bulk segregation analysis in the NGS era: a review of its teenage years

Z Li, Y Xu - The Plant Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk segregation analysis (BSA) utilizes a strategy of pooling individuals with extreme
phenotypes to conduct economical and rapidly linked marker screening or quantitative trait …

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the transformation-amenable common wheat cultivar 'Fielder'

K Sato, F Abe, M Mascher, G Haberer… - DNA …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We have established a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly for the hexaploid
common wheat cultivar 'Fielder', an American, soft, white, pastry-type wheat released in …

[HTML][HTML] Omics for the improvement of abiotic, biotic, and agronomic traits in major cereal crops: Applications, challenges, and prospects

B Kaur, KS Sandhu, R Kamal, K Kaur, J Singh… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Omics technologies, namely genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and
phenomics, are becoming an integral part of virtually every commercial cereal crop breeding …

Pan-genome bridges wheat structural variations with habitat and breeding

C Jiao, X **e, C Hao, L Chen, Y **e, V Garg, L Zhao… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Wheat is the second largest food crop with a very good breeding system and pedigree
record in China. Investigating the genomic footprints of wheat cultivars will unveil potential …

Transcriptome-wide m6A methylation profile reveals regulatory networks in roots of barley under cadmium stress

T Su, L Fu, L Kuang, D Chen, G Zhang, Q Shen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) pollutants restrict crop yield and food security in long-term agricultural
activities. Crops have evolved adaptive strategies under Cd condition, however, the …

Graph-based pan-genomes: increased opportunities in plant genomics

S Wang, YQ Qian, RP Zhao, LL Chen… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Due to the development of sequencing technology and the great reduction in sequencing
costs, an increasing number of plant genomes have been assembled, and numerous …

PanKmer: k-mer-based and reference-free pangenome analysis

AJ Aylward, S Petrus, A Mamerto, NT Hartwick… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pangenomes are replacing single reference genomes as the definitive representation of
DNA sequence within a species or clade. Pangenome analysis predominantly leverages …