This research was supported by a USDA-SCRI grant(2017-51181-26830);a USDA-AMS SCMP grant(16SCCMAR0001);the USDA NIFA Hatch project(ARK0VG2018 and ARK02440)to AS.
Commercial production of spinach(Spinacia oleracea L.)is centered in California and Arizona in the US,where downy mildew caused by Peronospora effusa is the most destructive disease.Nineteen typical races of P.effusa ...
supported by National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFD1001004,2019YFD1000402);the program for Science and Technology of Beijing(Z181100002418006);the Special Fund for Beijing Common Construction Project.
Crape myrtle(Lagerstroemia indica)is a globally used ornamental woody plant and is the representative species of Lagerstroemia.However,studies on the evolution and genomic breeding of L.indica have been hindered by th...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872946,32172566 to H.W.,32372689 to T.L.);the Scientific Research Foundation of Yangzhou University(5018/137012867 to T.L.);the Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Program(2023CXPT045 to T.L.);the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-24-01 to H.W.).
The propagation of cultivated garlic relies on vegetative cloves,thus flowers become non-essential for reproduction in this species,driving the evolution of reproductive feature-derived traits.To obtain insights into ...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2019YFD1000200);the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.32102321);the Chongqing Science and Technology Commission(cstc2021jcyj-msxmX1156 and cstc2021jscxgksbX0010);the Innovation Research Group Funds for Chongqing Universities(CXQT19005);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(SWU-KT22055).
Wild loquats(Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.)provide remarkable genetic resources for studying domestication and breeding improved varieties.Herein,we generate the first high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of wil...
This work was supported by the National Key Research&Development Program of China(2018YFD1000705/2018YFD1000700);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China(BK20221213);the China Agriculture Research System(CARS-10-GW01).
Sweetpotato is an important crop that exhibits hexaploidy and high heterozygosity,which limits gene mining for important agronomic traits.Here,314 sweetpotato germplasm resources were deeply resequenced,and 4599509 SN...
supported by research grants provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31600569 and 31700617);the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2017CFB235);the Nuclear Technology Innovation team project of Hubei University of Science and Technology(H2019002);the Science and Technology Project of Xianning(2020NYYF02)。
Osmanthus fragrans is a well-known ornamental plant that has been domesticated in China for 2500 years.More than 160 cultivars have been found during this long period of domestication,and they have subsequently been d...
This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31560091);the Science and Technology plan project of Guizhou Province[(2019)4318].
Loquat(Eriobotrya japonica)is a popular fruit and medicinal plant.Here,a high-quality draft genome of the E.japonica‘Big Five-pointed Star’cultivar that covers~98%(733.32Mb)of the estimated genome size(749.25 Mb)and...
The wild Solanum pimpinellifolium(SP)and the weedy S.lycopersicum var.cerasiforme(SLC)are largely unexploited genetic reservoirs easily accessible to breeders,as they are fully cross-compatible with cultivated tomato(...
supported by Hellenic Agricultural Organization(ELGO)Demeter.
Cucurbita pepo contains two cultivated subspecies,each of which encompasses four fruit-shape morphotypes(cultivar groups).The Pumpkin,Vegetable Marrow,Cocozelle,and Zucchini Groups are of subsp.pepo and the Acorn,Croo...
ZD acknowledges financial support of this study from the Citrus Research and Development Foundation,Inc.(CDRF)(Project#108766 and#105077);from the USDA-NIFA Citrus Disease Research and Extension(CDRE)Program(Grant No.2015-70016-23027).
Huanglongbing(HLB)is the most destructive bacterial disease of citrus worldwide.While most citrus varieties are susceptible to HLB,Poncirus trifoliata,a close relative of Citrus,and some of its hybrids with Citrus are...