[HTML][HTML] Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS): a powerful tool for crop improvement and its advancement towards epigenetics

S Zulfiqar, MA Farooq, T Zhao, PP Wang… - International journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an RNA-mediated reverse genetics technology that
has evolved into an indispensable approach for analyzing the function of genes. It …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, L Gao… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
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 …

Population sequencing enhances understanding of tea plant evolution

X Wang, H Feng, Y Chang, C Ma, L Wang… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Tea is an economically important plant characterized by a large genome, high
heterozygosity, and high species diversity. In this study, we assemble a 3.26-Gb high-quality …

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 evolution and domestication of tropical fruit mango

P Wang, Y Luo, J Huang, S Gao, G Zhu, Z Dang, J Gai… - Genome biology, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Mango is one of the world's most important tropical fruits. It belongs to the family
Anacardiaceae, which includes several other economically important species, notably …