Structural variations (SVs) including gene presence/absence variations and copy number
variations are a common feature of genomes in plants and, together with single nucleotide …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a dominant regulator of ripening and quality in non-climacteric fruits.
Strawberry is regarded as a model non-climacteric fruit due to its extensive genetic studies …

Domestication and breeding have reshaped the genomic architecture of chicken, but the
retention and loss of genomic elements during these evolutionary processes remain …

Our agricultural systems are now in urgent need to secure food for a growing world
population. To meet this challenge, we need a better characterization of plant genetic and …

Although maturity date (MD) is an essential factor affecting fresh fruit marketing and has a
pleiotropic effect on fruit taste qualities, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unclear …

Crop genomics has seen dramatic advances in recent years due to improvements in
sequencing technology, assembly methods, and computational resources. These advances …

High‐quality radish (Raphanus sativus) genome represents a valuable resource for
agronomical trait improvements and understanding genome evolution among Brassicaceae …

Anthocyanins are common secondary metabolites in plants that confer red, blue, and purple
colorations in plants and are highly desired by consumers for their visual appearance and …

Abstract Background Structural variations (SVs), a major resource of genomic variation, can
have profound consequences on phenotypic variation, yet the impacts of SVs remain largely …

Breeding fruit species is time-consuming and expensive. With few exceptions, trees are
likely the worst species to work with in terms of genetics and breeding. Most are …