Rapidly rising population and climate changes are two critical issues that require immediate
action to achieve sustainable development goals. The rising population is posing increased …

Inversions, a type of chromosomal structural variation, significantly influence plant
adaptation and gene functions by impacting gene expression and recombination rates …

The pear (Pyrus spp.) is well known for diverse flavors, textures, and global horticultural
importance. However, the genetic diversity responsible for its extensive phenotypic …

Orphan crops are important sources of nutrition in develo** regions and many are tolerant
to biotic and abiotic stressors; however, modern crop improvement technologies have not …

A pan-transcriptome describes the transcriptional and post-transcriptional consequences of
genome diversity from multiple individuals within a species. We developed a barley pan …

The availability of multiple sequenced genomes from a single species made it possible to
explore intra-and inter-specific genomic comparisons at higher resolution and build clade …

Background Breeding polled goats is a welfare-friendly approach for horn removal in
comparison to invasive methods. To gain a comprehensive understanding of the genetic …

A single reference genome does not fully capture species diversity. By contrast, a
pangenome incorporates multiple genomes to capture the entire set of nonredundant genes …

Opium poppy is a crop of great commercial value as a source of several opium alkaloids for
the pharmaceutical industries including morphine, codeine, thebaine, noscapine, and …

Cotton, an intriguing plant species shaped by polyploidization, evolution, and domestication,
holds particular interest due to the complex mechanisms governing fiber traits across its two …