This work was financially supported in part by grants from the Biological Breeding-Major Projects(2023ZD04076);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32341024);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(226-2022-00100;226-2024-00205);the Alibaba-Zhejiang University Joint Research Institute of Frontier Technologies.
DNA methylation plays multiple regulatory roles in crop development.However,the relationships of methylation polymorphisms with genetic polymorphisms,gene expression,and phenotypic variation in natural crop population...
A sound fundamental knowledge of the agro morphological characteristics of amaranth accessions is crucial for promoting their use in food. This review aims to assess the genetic diversity within the collection to unde...
The lack of suitable varieties is a constraint to okra production in West Africa. This study aimed to assess the magnitude of morphological diversity of 260 accessions of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) in Mal...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2022YFD2300700);the Open Project Program of the State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute (Grant No.2023ZZKT20402);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program, the Central Public-Interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund, China (Grant No.CPSIBRF-CNRRI-202119);the Zhejiang ‘Ten Thousand Talents’ Plan Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Project, China (Grant No.2020R52035)。
Efficient and high-quality estimation of key phenological dates in rice is of great significance in breeding work. Plant height(PH) dynamics are valuable for estimating phenological dates. However, research on estimat...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32172626, 32261133519, 32002086, U20A2045);the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFF1003103);the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, Outstanding Youth Project (2308085J17);the Outstanding Youth Project of Anhui Provincial University (2022AH020060);the Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Provincial University (2022AH050867, 2022AH050893, 2023AH051303);the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization (SKLTOF20220120, SKLTOF20230127)。
Domestication has shaped the population structure and agronomic traits of tea plants, yet the complexity of tea population structure and genetic variation that determines these traits remains unclear.We here investiga...
This study explores the use of genetic variability for advancing the genetic improvement of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp), particularly in response to insect infestation stress. Over a period spanning 2015 to 2...
Jute mallow is a nutritious leafy vegetable. The leaves are rich in proteins, vitamins and essential amino acids. Molecular characterization of Jute mallow with focus on improvement of leaf yield is scarcely reported....
Centre for Advance Studies in Agricultural Food Security and Punjab Agricultural Research Board for providing funds under CAS-PARB project(No.964).
Background Cotton is a strategically important fibre crop for global textile industry.It profoundly impacts several countries’industrial and agricultural sectors.Sustainable cotton production is continuously threaten...
Rice is one of the most widely cultivated cereals in the world, and its aroma is increasingly in demand. With the advancement of research, a major rice flavor gene has been identified on rice chromosome 8. It encodes ...
supported by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Major Science and Technology Project (2021A02001-3).
Upland cotton(Gossypium hirsutum)is the most important plant producing natural fibers for the textile industry.In this study,we first investigated the phenotypic variation of seven agronomic traits of 273 diverse cott...