Genetic and molecular bases of rice yield

Y **ng, Q Zhang - Annual review of plant biology, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Grain yield in rice is a complex trait multiplicatively determined by its three component traits:
number of panicles, number of grains per panicle, and grain weight; all of which are typical …

Breeding of vegetable cowpea for nutrition and climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: progress, opportunities, and challenges

TW Mekonnen, AS Gerrano, NW Mbuma… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Currently, the world population is increasing, and humanity is facing food and nutritional
scarcity. Climate change and variability are a major threat to global food and nutritional …

Gene-indexed mutations in maize

X Lu, J Liu, W Ren, Q Yang, Z Chai, R Chen, L Wang… - Molecular plant, 2018 - cell.com
The availability of the B73 inbred reference genome sets the stage for high-throughput
functional characterization of maize genes on a whole-genome scale. Among the 39 324 …

Transport barriers made of cutin, suberin and associated waxes

L Schreiber - Trends in plant science, 2010 - cell.com
Cutinized leaf epidermal cells and suberized root cell walls form important lipophilic
interfaces between the plant and its environment, significantly contributing to the regulation …

Genetic control of root development in rice, the model cereal

Y Coudert, C Périn, B Courtois, NG Khong… - Trends in plant …, 2010 - cell.com
Cereals possess a fibrous root system that is mainly composed of crown roots that emerge
postembryonically from the nodes of the stem. Because the root system is not directly …

Gains in QTL detection using an ultra-high density SNP map based on population sequencing relative to traditional RFLP/SSR markers

H Yu, W **e, J Wang, Y **ng, C Xu, X Li, J **ao… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Huge efforts have been invested in the last two decades to dissect the genetic bases of
complex traits including yields of many crop plants, through quantitative trait locus (QTL) …

A dynamic gene expression atlas covering the entire life cycle of rice

L Wang, W **e, Y Chen, W Tang, J Yang… - The Plant …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Growth and development of a plant are controlled by programmed expression of suits of
genes at the appropriate time, tissue and abundance. Although genomic resources have …

Mutagenesis approaches and their role in crop improvement

J Chaudhary, R Deshmukh, H Sonah - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Induced mutagenesis is one of the most efficient tools that has been utilized extensively to
create genetic variation as well as for identification of key regulatory genes for economically …

Advances in omics and bioinformatics tools for systems analyses of plant functions

K Mochida, K Shinozaki - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Omics and bioinformatics are essential to understanding the molecular systems that underlie
various plant functions. Recent game-changing sequencing technologies have revitalized …

Crop genome sequencing: lessons and rationales

C Feuillet, JE Leach, J Rogers, PS Schnable… - Trends in plant …, 2011 - cell.com
2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the completion of the first plant genome sequence
(Arabidopsis thaliana). Triggered by advancements in sequencing technologies, many crop …