Sesame production and productivity are severely constrained by a lack of high-yielding and
locally adapted varieties, susceptibility to capsule shattering and low seed retention, biotic …

Background Sesame is a rare example of non-model and minor crop for which numerous
genetic loci and candidate genes underlying features of interest have been disclosed at …

Sesame is predominantly cultivated in rainfed and low fertile lands and is frequently
exposed to terminal drought. Sesamum species inhabiting dryland ecosystems adaptively …

Sesame, Sesamum indicum L., is one of the oldest domesticated crops used for its oil and
protein in many parts of the world. To build genomic resources for sesame that could be …

The development and validation of different types of molecular markers is crucial to
conducting marker-assisted sesame breeding. Insertion-deletion (InDel) markers are highly …

The seed-bearing capsule of sesame shatters at harvest. This wildish trait makes the crop
unsuitable for mechanized harvesting and also restricts its commercial potential by limiting …

Abstract Knowledge of the genetic profiles of diverse germplasm collections of sesame
using seed oil, fatty acid contents, and molecular markers is a prerequisite to develop market …

Abstract Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] is a globally important food security crop.
However, it is susceptible to pest and disease; hence, constant breeding efforts based on its …

Sesame is one of the important traditional oil crops in the world, and has high economic and
nutritional value. Recently, due to the novel high throughput sequencing techniques and …

Background Unrevealing the genetic makeup of crop morpho-agronomic traits is essential
for improving yield quality and sustainability. Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is one of the …