Bulk segregation analysis (BSA) utilizes a strategy of pooling individuals with extreme
phenotypes to conduct economical and rapidly linked marker screening or quantitative trait …

Adaptation to cool climates has occurred several times in different angiosperm groups.
Among them, Pooideae, the largest grass subfamily with∼ 3,900 species including wheat …

Background Heat and drought are serious threats for crop growth and development. As the
sixth largest cereal crop in the world, pearl millet can not only be used for food and forage …

Drought stress is one of the most immense and permanent constraints in agriculture, which
leads to a massive loss of crop productivity. However, little is known about the mitigation role …

Fragaria nilgerrensis is a wild diploid strawberry species endemic to east and southeast
region in Asia and provides a rich source of genetic variations for strawberry improvement …

Despite the progress made in DNA sequencing over the last decade, reconstructing
telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies of large and repeat-rich eukaryotic genomes is …

Grasses, including turf and forage, cover most of the earth's surface; predominantly
important for land, water, livestock feed, soil, and water conservation, as well as carbon …

Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) is the second largest family of transcription factors that widely
exist in plants and animals, and plays a key role in a variety of biological processes. As an …

Summary Cleistogenes songorica (2n= 4x= 40) is a desert grass with a unique dimorphic
flowering mechanism and an ability to survive extreme drought. Little is known about the …

Summary Achnatherum splendens Trin.(Gramineae) is a constructive species of the arid
grassland ecosystem in Northwest China and is a major forage grass. It has good tolerance …