As one of the essential cereal crops, wheat provides 20% of the calories and proteins
consumed by humans. Due to population expansion, dietary shift and climate change, it is …

Cereal aphids are vectors of at least 11 species of Barley Yellow Dwarf Viruses (BYDV) in
wheat that alone and/or in combination can cause between 5%–80% grain yield losses …

Advances in plant molecular breeding have resulted in the development of new varieties
with superior traits, thus improving the crop germplasm. Breeders can screen a large …

Key message Conversion of SNP chip assays into locus-specific KASP markers requires
adapted strategies in polyploid species with high genome homeology. Procedures are …

Key message Major and environmentally stable QTL for flag leaf-related traits in wheat were
identified and validated across ten environments using six populations with different genetic …

Key message A major and stably expressed QTL for spikelet number per spike identified in a
2-cM interval on chromosome arm 2DS was validated using two populations with different …

Hundreds of experiments involving genoty** and phenoty** of the plants are planned
daily by plant researchers worldwide for wheat improvement. There are a plethora of …

Rapid detection of allelic variation and identification of advantage haplotypes responsible
for spike related traits play a crucial role in wheat yield improvement. The released genome …

Abstract Key message Combining GWAS, QTL-seq and transcriptome sequencing detected
basal defense-related genes showing gDNA sequence variation and expression difference …

Flower type is an important and extremely complicated trait of chrysanthemum. The corolla
tube merged degree (CTMD) and the relative number of ray florets (RNRF) are the two key …