Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a widely cultivated food crop around the world, especially in Asia. However, rice seedlings often suffer from cold stress, which affects their growth and yield. Here, RNA-seq analysis and Meta-QTLs mapping were performed to...
In recent years, quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping approaches have been widely implemented to identify genomic regions affecting variation for different traits for marker-assisted selection (MAS). Meta-QTL analysis for different traits in chile p...
Cotton is a globally important crop, with fiber quality traits governed by complex quantitative trait loci (QTL). However, the utility of QTL data is often limited due to inconsistencies across studies. This study conducted a comprehensive Meta-QTL (...
The quality of corn kernels is crucial for their nutritional value, making the enhancement of kernel quality a primary objective of contemporary corn breeding efforts. This study utilized 260 corn inbred lines as research materials and assessed three...
Maize ear traits are an important component of yield, and the genetic basis of ear traits facilitates further yield improvement. In this study, a panel of 580 maize inbred lines were used as the study material, eight ear-related traits were measured...
Root system architecture (RSA), also known as root morphology, is critical in plant acquisition of soil resources, plant growth, and yield formation. Many QTLs associated with RSA or root traits in maize have been identified using several bi-parental...
A meta-QTL analysis was conducted in Indian mustard to identify robust and stable meta-QTLs (MQTLs) by utilizing 1504 available QTLs, which included 891 QTLs for yield-related traits and 613 QTLs for quality traits. For yield-related traits, a total...
Due to global warming, high temperature is a significant environmental stress for rice production. Rice (Oryza sativa L.), one of the most crucial cereal crops, is also seriously devastated by Magnaporthe oryzae. Therefore, it is essential to breed n...
Plant height (PH) and ear height (EH) are closely related to dense planting characteristics and lodging resistance of maize (Zea mays L.). Increasing the planting density will lead to changes in the structural characteristics of maize plants, such as...
Rice is an important grain that is the staple food for most of the world’s population. Drought is one of the major stresses that negatively affects rice yield. The nature of drought tolerance in rice is complex as it is determined by various componen...
Stalk lodging constitutes a primary constraint on achieving consistently high yields in maize. Genetic improvement of lodging resistance requires the identification of stable quantitative trait loci (QTL) to facilitate the application of genomics-ass...
Drought stress, intensified by climate change, poses a significant threat to global rice security. To identify stable quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with drought tolerance in rice under different genetic backgrounds and environmental condit...
Maize kernel traits represent crucial agronomic characteristics that significantly determine yield potential. Analyzing the genetic basis of these traits is essential for yield improvement. In this study, we utilized 1283 maize inbred lines to invest...
Yield components are the most important breeding objectives, directly determining maize high-yield breeding. It is well known that these traits are controlled by a large number of quantitative trait loci (QTL). Therefore, deeply understanding the gen...
The domestication and subsequent genetic improvement of wheat led to the development of large-seeded cultivated wheat species relative to their smaller-seeded wild progenitors. While increased grain weight (GW) continues to be an important goal of ma...
Soil and water salinity is one of the major abiotic stresses that reduce growth and productivity in major food crops including rice. The lack of congruence of salt tolerance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) in multiple genetic backgrounds and multiple...
Rice blast, sheath blight and bacterial leaf blight are major rice diseases found worldwide. The development of resistant cultivars is generally perceived as the most effective way to combat these diseases. Plant disease resistance is a polygenic tra...
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is a nutrient-rich oilseed crop whose improvement can be accelerated by unlocking untapped genetic variation in African landraces. We integrated a global meta-quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis with a genome-wide assoc...
Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses with a severe negative impact on maize production globally. Understanding the genetic architecture of drought tolerance in maize is a crucial step towards the breeding of drought-tolerant varieties and a t...
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is a valuable and nutritious crop in part due to the high protein meal and vegetable oil produced from its seed. Soybean producers desire cultivars with both elevated seed protein and oil concentrations as well as spe...
Although the war between wheat and Fusarium has been widely investigated for years, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), which have been proven to regulate important processes in the development and stress responses of plants, are still poorly known in whe...
Rose rosette disease (RRD), caused by the rose rosette emaravirus (RRV), is a major viral disease in roses (Rosa sp.) that threatens the rose industry. Recent studies have revealed quantitative trait loci (QTL) for reduced susceptibility to RRD in th...
Abiotic stresses cause a significant decrease in productivity and growth in agricultural products, especially barley. Breeding has been considered to create resistance against abiotic stresses. Pyramiding genes for tolerance to abiotic stresses throu...
Common bean is one of the most important legumes produced and consumed worldwide because it is a highly valuable food for the human diet. However, its production is mainly carried out by small farmers, who obtain average grain yields below the potent...
Rice tillering is an important trait that is genetically and environmentally co-regulated. Nitorgen is one of the key nutrients affecting tillering, and straw return further affects tiller development by altering soil heterogeneity. In order to analy...
Sudden death syndrome (SDS), caused by Fusarium virguliforme, is one of the most economically important diseases limiting soybean production worldwide. Although numerous quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with SDS resistance have been reported,...
Soybean with enriched nutrients has emerged as a prominent source of edible oil and protein. In the present study, a meta-analysis was performed by integrating quantitative trait loci (QTLs) information, region-specific association and transcriptomic...
In the current global warming scenario, it is imperative to develop crops with improved heat tolerance or acclimation, for which knowledge of major heat stress-tolerant genes or genomic regions is a prerequisite. Though several quantitative trait loc...
In recent years, with climate change, drought stress has been witnessed in many parts of the world. In many irrigated regions also, shortage of water supply allows only limited irrigation. These conditions have an adverse effect on the productivity o...
Synergetic elongation of mesocotyl and coleoptile are crucial in governing maize seedlings emergence, especially for the maize sown in deep soil. Studying the genomic regions controlling maize deep-sowing tolerance would aid the development of new va...
Breeding salt-tolerant crops is necessary to reduce food insecurity. Prebreeding populations are fundamental for uncovering tolerance alleles from wild germplasm. To obtain a physiological interpretation of the agronomic salt tolerance and better cri...
Heat stress is a major limiting factor for crop productivity. Tomato is highly sensitive to heat stress, which can result in a total yield loss. To adapt to current and future heat stress, there is a dire need to develop heat tolerant cultivars. Here...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent and disabling mental disorders worldwide. Among the symptoms of MDD, sleep disturbance such as insomnia is prominent, and the first reason patients may seek professional help. However, the...
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Bacterial canker of tomato, caused by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm), is a devasting disease that leads to significant yield losses. Although QTLs originating from three wild species (Solanum arcanum, S. habrochaites, and S. pim...
High temperatures present considerable challenges to global fish growth and production, yet the genetic basis of heat tolerance remains underexplored. This study combines quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping and genome-wide association studies (GWA...
At least 75% of the world’s grain production comes from the three most important cereal crops: rice (Oryza sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum), and maize (Zea mays). However, abiotic stressors such as heavy metal toxicity, salinity, low temperat...
The consensus map is used for the verification of marker order, quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping and molecular marker-assisted selection (MAS) in wheat breeding. In this study, a wheat consensus genetic map named as Sp7A_G7A, was constructed us...
Evidence for reciprocal links between plant responses to biotic or abiotic stresses and architectural and developmental traits has been raised using approaches based on epidemiology, physiology, or genetics. Winter pea has been selected for years for...
Tibetan wild barley has been identified to show large genetic variation and stress tolerance. A genome-wide association (GWA) analysis was performed to detect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for drought tolerance using 777 Diversity Array Technology (...
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a crucial global food crop that plays a central role in agricultural production and food security. The spike number per unit area (SN) is one of the three component factors of grain yield. In this study, we combined th...
Cervical cancer is the fourth common cancer amongst women worldwide. Infection by high-risk human papilloma virus is necessary in most cases, but not sufficient to develop invasive cervical cancer. Despite a predicted genetic heritability in the rang...
Salt stress is a significant challenge that severely hampers rice growth, resulting in decreased yield and productivity. Over the years, researchers have identified biomarkers associated with salt stress to enhance rice tolerance. However, the unders...
Enhancing quality traits is a primary objective in silage maize breeding programs. The use of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for quality traits, in combination with the integration of genetic resources, presents an opportunity to identify cru...
Stem fiber, stem strength and stem-rot resistance are important agronomic traits in Brassica napus. To understand the molecular mechanism that controls the stem-related traits, we investigated the stem lignin (ADL), cellulose (Cel), hemicellulose (He...
Research on the flowering habit of rapeseed is important for the selection of varieties adapted to specific ecological environments. Here, quantitative trait loci (QTL) for the days-to-flowering trait were identified using a doubled haploid populatio...
Introgression is an important driver of new genetic variation that increases species and genetic diversity. However, the relationship between introgression and geographic distribution of upland cotton is still unclear. Herein, we explored geographica...
Genomic selection (GS) estimates the GEBV from genome-wide markers to reduce generation intervals and optimize germplasm selection, which is particularly advantageous for high-cost or late-expressed traits. While models like GBLUP are popular, they a...
Asthma, a chronic respiratory condition characterized by airway inflammation, affects millions of individuals worldwide. Challenges remain in asthma prediction and diagnosis from its complex etiology involving genetic and environmental factors. Here,...
Thymidylate synthase (TYMS) is a crucial enzyme for DNA synthesis. TYMS expression is regulated by its antisense mRNA, ENOSF1. Disrupted regulation may promote uncontrolled DNA synthesis and tumor growth. We sought to replicate our previously reporte...
Citrus genomes as storehouses of genetic information of immense commercial utility remain untapped for the improvement of fruit quality traits and other production-related stresses. With the rapid expansion of transcriptomic datasets, integrative met...
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