Genomic innovation for crop improvement

MW Bevan, C Uauy, BBH Wulff, J Zhou, K Krasileva… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Crop production needs to increase to secure future food supplies, while reducing its impact
on ecosystems. Detailed characterization of plant genomes and genetic diversity is crucial …

Genomics of crop wild relatives: expanding the gene pool for crop improvement

M Brozynska, A Furtado… - Plant biotechnology journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Plant breeders require access to new genetic diversity to satisfy the demands of a growing
human population for more food that can be produced in a variable or changing climate and …

Draft genome sequence of Camellia sinensis var. sinensis provides insights into the evolution of the tea genome and tea quality

C Wei, H Yang, S Wang, J Zhao, C Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Tea, one of the world's most important beverage crops, provides numerous secondary
metabolites that account for its rich taste and health benefits. Here we present a high-quality …

The sunflower genome provides insights into oil metabolism, flowering and Asterid evolution

H Badouin, J Gouzy, CJ Grassa, F Murat, SE Staton… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The domesticated sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., is a global oil crop that has promise for
climate change adaptation, because it can maintain stable yields across a wide variety of …

Gene duplication and evolution in recurring polyploidization–diploidization cycles in plants

X Qiao, Q Li, H Yin, K Qi, L Li, R Wang, S Zhang… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

The reference genome of tea plant and resequencing of 81 diverse accessions provide insights into its genome evolution and adaptation

E **a, W Tong, Y Hou, Y An, L Chen, Q Wu, Y Liu, J Yu… - Molecular plant, 2020 - cell.com
Tea plant is an important economic crop, which is used to produce the world's oldest and
most widely consumed tea beverages. Here, we present a high-quality reference genome …

The Sol Genomics Network (SGN)—from genotype to phenotype to breeding

N Fernandez-Pozo, N Menda, JD Edwards… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Sol Genomics Network (SGN, http://solgenomics. net) is a web portal with
genomic and phenotypic data, and analysis tools for the Solanaceae family and close …

The tea tree genome provides insights into tea flavor and independent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

EH **a, HB Zhang, J Sheng, K Li, QJ Zhang, C Kim… - Molecular plant, 2017 - cell.com
Tea is the world's oldest and most popular caffeine-containing beverage with immense
economic, medicinal, and cultural importance. Here, we present the first high-quality …

The genome and population genomics of allopolyploid Coffea arabica reveal the diversification history of modern coffee cultivars

J Salojärvi, A Rambani, Z Yu, R Guyot, S Strickler… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Coffea arabica, an allotetraploid hybrid of Coffea eugenioides and Coffea canephora, is the
source of approximately 60% of coffee products worldwide, and its cultivated accessions …

Allele-aware chromosome-level genome assembly of Artemisia annua reveals the correlation between ADS expansion and artemisinin yield

B Liao, X Shen, L **ang, S Guo, S Chen, Y Meng… - Molecular plant, 2022 - cell.com
Artemisia annua is the major natural source of artemisinin, an anti-malarial medicine
commonly used worldwide. Here, we present chromosome-level haploid maps for two A …