Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) belongs to the Solanaceae family and is the second
most important fruit or vegetable crop next to potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). It is cultivated …

The various crop species are major agricultural products and play an indispensable role in
sustaining human life. Over a long period, breeders strove to increase crop yield and …

Breeding of crops over millennia for yield and productivity has led to reduced genetic
diversity. As a result, beneficial traits of wild species, such as disease resistance and stress …

Identification of grain shape determining genes can facilitate breeding of rice cultivars with
optimal grain shape and appearance quality. Here, we identify GS9 (Grain Shape Gene on …

Imported from the Andean region to Europe in the 16th century, today tomato is widespread
throughout the world and represents the most economically important vegetable crop …

We explored genetic variation by sequencing a selection of 84 tomato accessions and
related wild species representative of the Lycopersicon, Arcanum, Eriopersicon and …

Ten thousand years ago human societies around the globe began to transition from hunting
and gathering to agriculture. By 4000 years ago, ancient peoples had completed the …

Most agriculturally important traits are regulated by genes known as quantitative trait loci
(QTLs) derived from natural allelic variations. We here show that a QTL that increases grain …

Grain weight is one of the most important components of grain yield and is controlled by
quantitative trait loci (QTLs) derived from natural variations in crops. However, the molecular …

We summarize, in this review, the evidence that genomic balance influences gene
expression, quantitative traits, dosage compensation, aneuploid syndromes, population …