While approximately 200 autosomal genetic associations outside of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) have been identified for multiple sclerosis (MS) risk in European populations, causal variants identified at the majority of these associated...
Salinity–alkalinity stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that limit rice production in the world. The salinity–alkalinity tolerance of rice at the germination stage has a direct effect on the survival and final yield of seedlings i...
This study was conducted to dissect the genetic basis and to explore the candidate genes underlying one of the important genomic regions on an SBI-10 long arm (L), governing the complex stay-green trait contributing to post-flowering drought-toleranc...
The stigma exsertion rate (SER) is one of the important factors affecting the seed production of hybrid rice. In the genus Oryza, wild rice species usually show higher SERs than cultivars. We previously identified one novel SER-QTL, qSERg-1b, from th...
The quantitatively inherited trait plant height is routinely evaluated in triticale breeding programs as it substantially influences lodging and disease susceptibility, is a main contributor to biomass yield, and is required to improve hybrid seed pr...
Fruit and seed size are important yield component traits that have been selected during crop domestication. In previous studies, Advanced Backcross Quantitative Trait Loci (AB-QTL) and Chromosome Segment Substitution Line (CSSL) populations were deve...
Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) of rice (Oryza sativa L.) causes severe economic problems due to reduced grain quality and yield. Fine mapping was carried out to identify genes associated with PHS; the detected quantitative trait locus (QTL) was narrowed...
Male sterility is an essential trait for minimizing costs and ensuring seed purity in the production of tomato hybrid seeds. However, its application in commercial breeding faces challenges such as instability, low stigma exsertion rates, and the lac...
Leaf morphology significantly impacts rice (Oryza sativa L.) plant architecture and yield. Here, we identified and characterized a novel narrow-leaf mutant, nal25, derived from indica rice cultivar ‘Huazhan’ using EMS mutagenesis. Phenoty...
European fodder turnips (Brassica rapa ssp. rapifera) were identified as sources of clubroot resistance (CR) and have been widely used in Brassica resistance breeding. An F2 population derived from a cross between a resistant turnip and a susceptible...
The skin color of radish taproots is an important commodity character that directly affects the choice behavior of consumers. Here, we identified a skin color gene carried by a red-skinned inbred line, SXAU-R2. Genetic population was constructed by t...
The majority of genetic variants affecting complex traits map to regulatory regions of genes, and typically lie in credible intervals of 100 or more SNPs. Fine mapping of the causal variant(s) at a locus depends on assays that are able to discriminat...
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) chalkiness greatly reduces the rice quality and the commercial value. In this study, qWCR4, a previously reported quantitative trait locus (QTL) of white-core rate (WCR), was confirmed by a BC5F2 segregation population and furt...
Increasing the epicotyl length (ECL) of adzuki bean cultivars enhances the suitability for mechanical weeding during the vegetative stages and harvesting at pod maturity. To explore the genetic control of ECL, and to identify molecular markers that c...
Background: Prioritizing tag-SNPs carried on extended risk haplotypes at susceptibility loci for common disease is a challenge. Methods: We utilized trans-ancestral exclusion mapping to reduce risk haplotypes at IKZF1 and IKZF3 identified in multiple...
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a widely consumed vegetable, and the tomato fruit weight is a key yield component. Many quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling tomato fruit weight have been identified, and six of them have been fine-mapped and cl...
Rice brown spot (BS) disease, caused by Bipolaris oryzae, is a significant threat to rice production worldwide. In this study, a major quantitative trait locus (QTL), qBS11, associated with resistance to BS in rice, was identified and fine-mapped. A...
Clubroot disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae is one of the major threats to Brassica crops. New clubroot resistant varieties of Chinese cabbage (B. rapa ssp. pekinensis) have been developed through breeding, but the underlying genetic mechanis...
Orychophragmus violaceus is an ornamental plant belonging to the Brassicaceae family, known for its profusion of white to light purple, pink, and purple flowers that bloom in early spring. However, there is a lack of reports regarding the localizatio...
The fruit skin pubescence of Prunus persica is an economically important characteristic and comprises the classification criteria. The mapping and identification of a complete linkage marker to the fruit skin trichome trait locus of peach fruit are c...
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been a successful tool for identifying quantitative trait loci (QTL) for economically important traits in dairy cows. However, the availability of QTLs linked to phenotypic traits is limited in the literatu...
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is mainly used for oil production and industrial purposes. A high photosynthetic efficiency is the premise of a high yield capable of meeting people’s various demands. Chlorophyll-deficient mutants are ideal materia...
Background: The tissues of origin and molecular mechanisms underlying human complex diseases remain incompletely understood. Previous studies have leveraged transcriptomic data to interpret genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for identifying dise...
Anther length is the critical floral trait determining hybrid rice seed production and is controlled by many quantitative trait loci (QTL). However, the cloning of genes specifically controlling anther size has yet to be reported. Here, we report the...
Fine resolution land cover information is a vital foundation of Earth science. In this paper, a novel SPECLib-based operational method is presented for the classification of multi-temporal Landsat imagery using reflectance spectra from the spatial-te...
To elucidate the genetic basis of thousand-kernel weight (TKW) related to fundamental traits such as kernel length (KL), kernel width (KW), and kernel diameter ratio (KDR) at the individual quantitative trait loci (QTL) level, both unconditional QTL...
Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) is rich in proteins, fats, and other nutrients, and the genetic improvement of soybean protein content has long been a key research focus in breeding programs. Based on the chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL) po...
Phytophthora root rot (PRR), which is caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sojae (P. sojae), is one of the most devastating diseases affecting global soybean production. The deployment of resistance (Rps) genes through molecular breeding is a...
Rust and downy mildew (DM) are two important sunflower diseases that lead to significant yield losses globally. The use of resistant hybrids to control rust and DM in sunflower has a long history. The rust resistance genes, R13a and R16, were previou...
The quality of rice, evaluated using multiple quality-related traits, is the main determinant of its market competitiveness. In this study, two japonica rice varieties with significant differences in quality-related traits were used as parents to con...
Helianthus annuus L. is one of the major oilseed crops worldwide, and its production is seriously affected by a highly destructive necrotrophic pathogen, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (S. sclerotiorum). The use of resistant cultivars is the best control m...
Grain size is a primary determinant of grain weight, which is one of the three essential components of rice grain yield. Mining the genes that control grain size plays an important role in analyzing the regulation mechanism of grain size and improvin...
Grain length (GL) is one of the crucial determinants of rice yield and quality. However, there is still a shortage of knowledge on the major genes controlling the inheritance of GL in japonica rice, which severely limits the improvement of japonica r...
The erect leaf plays a crucial role in determining plant architecture, with its growth and development regulated by genetic factors. However, there has been a lack of comprehensive studies on the regulatory mechanisms governing wheat lamina joint dev...
Parthenocarpy and male sterility are highly desirable traits in tomato breeding and molecular study. The stamen carpelloid mutant generally displays male sterility. A natural mutant displaying carpelloid stamen and parthenocarpy (csp) was identified...
Weed interference in the crop field is one of the major biotic stresses causing dramatic crop yield losses, and the development of herbicide-resistant crops is critical for weed control in the application of herbicide technologies. To identify herbic...
Hybrid lethality is a deleterious phenotype that is vital to species evolution. We previously reported hybrid lethality in cabbage (Brassica oleracea) and performed preliminary mapping of related genes. In the present study, the fine mapping of hybri...
Fine-scale population mapping is of great significance for capturing the spatial and temporal distribution of the urban population. Compared with traditional census data, population data obtained from mobile phone data has high availability and high...
Grain weight is a key trait that determines rice quality and yield, and it is primarily controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTL). Recently, attention has been paid to minor QTLs. A minor effect QTL qTGW7 that controls grain weight was previously i...
Karst mountain areas, as complex geological systems formed by carbonate rock development, possess unique three-dimensional spatial structures and hydrogeological processes that fundamentally influence regional ecosystem evolution, land resource asses...
As a desirable agricultural trait, multi-inflorescence (MI) fulfills the requirement of mechanized harvesting and yield increase in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). However, the genetic mechanism underlying the multi-inflorescence trait remain poorly un...
Anthocyanins are the main pigments in flowers and fruits. These pigments are responsible for the red, red-purple, violet, and purple color in plants, and act as insect and animal attractants. In this study, phenotypic analysis of the purple flower co...
Heading date (HD) is one of the agronomic traits that influence maturity, regional adaptability, and grain yield. The present study was a follow-up of a previous quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping study conducted on three populations, which uncove...
Awns play important roles in seed dispersal, protection against predators, and photosynthesis. The characterization of genes related to the formation of awns helps understand the regulation mechanisms of awn development. In the present study, the &ld...
Yardlong bean is a vegetable type of cowpea grown for fresh and immature pods. “Thua Ngu” is a specialty yardlong bean cultivar with its unique snake-like pod surface and highly crispy pods that may be useful for the breeding of a new cul...
A deeper root system can improve the efficiency of water and nutrient absorption from soil; therefore, genetic improvements to the root length of crops are essential for yield stability under drought stress. We previously identified a stable quantita...
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera) is a major fruit crop with high economic importance. Due to its susceptibility towards fungal and oomycete pathogens such as Erysiphe necator and Plasmopara viticola, the causal agents of powdery and downy mil...
Single segment substitution line (SSSL) libraries are an ideal platform for breeding by design. To develop SSSLs-Xihui18 covering the whole genome, a novel rice chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL), Z783, carrying two substitution segments (av...
Lesion mimic phenotypes, characterized by leaf spots formed in the absence of pathogens or pests, are often associated with reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and cell necrosis. This study identified a novel and stable homozygous spotted phen...
Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina Eriks is one of the most problematic diseases of wheat throughout the world. The gene Lr42 confers effective resistance against leaf rust at both seedling and adult plant stages. Previous studies had reported Lr...
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