Despite the dramatic increase in food production thanks to the Green Revolution, hunger is
increasing among human populations around the world, affecting one in nine people. The …

Alongside the use of fertilizer and chemical control of weeds, pests, and diseases modern
breeding has been very successful in generating cultivars that have increased agricultural …

We report the first annotated chromosome-level reference genome assembly for pea, Gregor
Mendel's original genetic model. Phylogenetics and paleogenomics show genomic …

Legumes represent the second most important family of crop plants after grasses,
accounting for approximately 27% of the world's crop production. Past domestication …

Human life became largely dependent on agricultural products after distinct crop-
domestication events occurred around 10,000 years ago in different geographical sites …

Crop domestication is a co-evolutionary process that has rendered plants and animals
significantly dependent on human interventions for survival and propagation. Grain legumes …

Peas (Pisum sativum) are the fourth most cultivated pulses worldwide and a critical source of
protein in animal feed and human food. Develo** pea core collections improves our …

Seed coats serve as protective tissue to the enclosed embryo. As well as mechanical there
are also chemical defence functions. During domestication, the property of the seed coat …

The preservation of the genetic resources of crop wild relatives (CWRs) is crucial for food
production systems and is considered a vital measure for global agricultural health and food …

Aims Domestication and crop breeding has improved plants for human use, but may have
unintended consequences for traits that are not selected upon. Disruption in the mycorrhizal …