supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1001400 and 2021YFF1000101);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32470433 and 32122062);the Foundation of Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(2021hszd014),and the Hubei Provincial Research Center of Basic Discipline of Biology.
Cotton is the world’s most important natural fiber crop and serves as an ideal model for studying plant genome evolution,cell differentiation,elongation,and cell wall biosynthesis.The first draft genome assembly for ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32321005);the National Key R&D Program of China(2022 YFD1201502);the Science and Technology Major Program of Hubei Province(2021ABA011);the 111 Project Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding(B20051).
Maize,a cornerstone of global food security,has undergone remarkable transformations through breeding,yet further increase in global maize production faces mounting challenges in a changing world.In this Perspective p...
A key component of the sensory experience is flavor, which reflects preferred customer desires for higher-quality fruits, vegetables, and cereals. However, breeders are currently facing difficulty in capturing flavor ...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFD2300604);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072132,32101932);the Hangzhou Joint Fund of the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(LHZSD24C150001);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Zhejiang Provincial Universities(226-2024-00211);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(226-2024-00235).
Bioactive compounds play an increasingly prominent role in breeding functional and nutritive fruit crops such as citrus.However,the genomic and metabolic bases for the selection and differentiation underlying bioactiv...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFD2201200 to J.W.and 2021YFD2200202 to T.Y.and J.L.);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32371695 and 31971567 to J.W.);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2023SCUNL105 and SCU2022D003 to J.W.).
Understanding the underlying mechanisms and links between genome evolution and adaptive innovations stands as a key goal in evolutionary studies.Poplars,among the world’s most widely distributed and cultivated trees,...
supported by SLU Grogrund(#SLU-LTV.2020.1.1.1-654);an Einar and Inga Nilsson Foundation grant.J.I.y.S.was supported by grant PID2021-123718OB-I00;funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033;by“ERDF A way of making Europe,”CEX2020-000999-S.R.R.V.;supported by Novo Nordisk Fonden(0074727);SLU’s Centre for Biological Control;In addition,J.I.y.S.and J.F.-G.were supported by the Beatriz Galindo Program BEAGAL 18/00115.
Genomic selection,the application of genomic prediction(GP)models to select candidate individuals,has significantly advanced in the past two decades,effectively accelerating genetic gains in plant breeding.This articl...
supported by grants from the NSFC(32172008);the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps(2019AB021,2021AB008,and 2020CB003);project of Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab(B21HJ0223);the Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang(2019R01002);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(226-2022-00100,2020XZZX004-03,and 226-2022-00153).
The excellent Upland cotton(Gossypium hirsutum)cultivars developed since 1949 have made a huge contribution to cotton production in China,the world's largest producer and consumer of cotton.However,the genetic and gen...
supported by a Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator Grant(13/IAV/1820)to C.S.F.L.is supported by the Irish Research Council Postgraduate Fellowship GOIPG/2018/1960.F.L.and this work were partially funded by Cost Action CA16212“lmpacts of Chromatin Domains on Plant Phenotypes(INDEPTH)”(F.L.,F.P.,and A.V.P.are members of INDEPTH).F.L.was partly supported by EMBO Short Term Fellowship 8312.No conflict of interest is declared.
Next-generation sequencing technological advances,affording high-throughput,scalable,and fast assemblies,have enabled genome editing techniques that allow us to remove,insert,and modify genes for rapid and precise fun...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFD1200500);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901487);the CAAS Science and Technology Innovation Program,the Protective Program of Crop Germplasm of China(19200385-1);the Third National Survey and Collection Action on Crop Germplasm Resource(19210859,19210860);the National Crop Germplasm Resources Center(NCGRC-2021-02).
The Dong people are one of China’s 55 recognized ethnic minorities,but there has been a long-standing debate about their origins.In this study,we performed whole-genome resequencing of Kam Sweet Rice(KSR),a valuable,...
National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFD1201200);National Science Foundation of China(32022064);Project of Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab(B21HJ0223);Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Genomic prediction is an effective way to accelerate the rate of agronomic trait improvement in plants.Traditional methods typically use linear regression models with clear assumptions;such methods are unable to captu...