Although the root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus thornei is known to affect barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), there have been no reports on the genetic control of P. thornei resistance in barley. In this research, P. thornei resistance was assessed for a pa...
The Hessian fly (HF) is an invasive insect that has caused millions of dollars in yield losses to southeastern US wheat farms. Genetic resistance is the most sustainable solution to control HF. However, emerging biotypes are quickly overcoming resist...
Red perilla is an important medicinal plant used in Kampo medicine. The development of elite varieties of this species is urgently required. Medicinal compounds are generally considered target traits in medicinal plant breeding; however, selection ba...
In this study, runs of homozygosity (ROH) and quantitative trait locus/association (QTL) for semen parameters in selected Chinese and South African beef cattle breed were estimated. The computed results showed 7516 ROH were observed between classes 0...
Genome-wide association studies of schizophrenia encompassing the major histocompatibility locus (MHC) were highly significant following genome-wide correction. This broad region implicates many genes including the MHC complex class II. Within this i...
The common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is farmed globally; as a subspecies, the Yellow River carp (C. c. haematopterus) is widely farmed in northern China. Since the Yellow River carp grows slowly in winter, it would benefit breeders to implement a breedi...
Rapid and uniform seed germination improves mechanized oilseed rape production in modern agricultural cultivation practices. However, the molecular basis of seed germination is still unclear in Brassica napus. A population of recombined inbred lines...
Bakanae disease (BD), caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi, has become a serious threat in rice-cultivating regions worldwide. In the present study, quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping was performed using F2 and F3 plants derived after...
Upland cotton accounts for a high percentage (95%) of the world’s cotton production. Plant height (PH) and branch number (BN) are two important agronomic traits that have an impact on improving the level of cotton mechanical harvesting and cott...
Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) can provide a link between disease susceptibility variants discovered by genetic association studies and biology. To date, eQTL mapping studies have been primarily conducted in healthy individuals from popula...
Background/Objectives: The Chinese dwarf cherry (Cerasus humilis) is an endemic shrub fruit tree species in China. Its fruit is flavorful, nutrient-rich, and has considerable research and utilization potential. However, most currently cultivated vari...
Improving drought stress tolerance of soybean could be an effective way to minimize the yield reduction in the drought prevailing regions. Identification of drought tolerance-related quantitative trait loci (QTLs) is useful to facilitate the developm...
Grain yield in rice is a complex trait and it is controlled by a number of quantitative trait loci (QTL). To dissect the genetic basis of rice yield, QTL analysis for nine yield traits was performed using an F2 population containing 190 plants, which...
A genetic linkage map of Grifola albicans f. huishuhua (Maitake) is an important resource for chromosome analysis and the genetic basis of phenotypic variation determination. A total of 92 monokaryotic isolates were selected from the F1 generation of...
Soybean, a primary vegetable protein source, boasts favorable amino acid profiles; however, its composition still falls short of meeting human nutritional demands. The soybean amino acid content is a quantitative trait controlled by multiple genes. I...
Understanding of the genetic mechanism of heat tolerance (HT) can accelerate and improve wheat breeding in dealing with a warming climate. This study identified and validated quantitative trait loci (QTL) responsible for HT in common wheat. The Inter...
Ratooning ability is a key factor that influences ratoon rice yield, in the area where light and temperature are not enough for second season rice. In the present study, an introgression line population derived from Minghui 63 as the recipient parent...
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV) race 4 (FOV4) causes seedling death immediately after emergence, in addition to leaf chlorosis and necrosis, vascular discoloration, plant wilting, defoliation, and plant death at late stages. Breeding for...
Rapid climate change has increased the incidence of various pests and diseases, and these threaten global food security. In particular, BLB (bacterial leaf blight) is caused by Xoo (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae) and its main characteristic is that t...
Shrub willows are widely planted for landscaping, soil remediation, and biomass production, due to their rapid growth rates. Identification of regulatory genes in wood formation would provide clues for genetic engineering of willows for improved grow...
The application of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing technology for high-throughput acquisition of phenotypic values of field plant height is of great significance in plant height monitoring of wheat varieties (lines). Based on the UAV, mo...
Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the world’s staple food crops. In order to feed the growing world population, improving maize yield is a top priority for breeding programs. Ear traits are important determinants of maize yield, and are mostly quan...
Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) is an emerging plant virus that poses a substantial threat to the cultivation of economically vital vegetable crops, particularly tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Despite its substantial impact on crop yield, resistant or...
Background/Objective: Salinity is a growing problem affecting a large portion of global agricultural land, particularly in areas where water resources are scarce. The objective of this study was to provide physiological and molecular information on s...
Grain yield is the most critical and complex quantitative trait in maize. Kernel length (KL), kernel width (KW), kernel thickness (KT) and hundred-kernel weight (HKW) associated with kernel size are essential components of yield-related traits in mai...
The yield of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is determined by many factors, which have always been research hotspots for agronomists and molecular scientists. In this study, five important agronomic traits related to panicle and flag leaf, including awn...
With global warming and regional decreases in precipitation, drought has become a problem worldwide. As the number of arid regions in the world is increasing, drought has become a major factor leading to significant crop yield reductions and food cri...
Yield is one of the most important agronomic traits for the breeding of rapeseed (Brassica napus L), but its genetic dissection for the formation of high yield remains enigmatic, given the rapid population growth. In the present review, we review the...
Modern breeding technologies and the development of quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping have brought about a new era in peach breeding. This study examines the complex genetic structure that underlies the morphology of peach fruits, paying special...
Squash (Cucurbita moschata) displays wide morphological and genetic variations; however, limited information is available regarding the genetic loci of squash that control its agronomic traits. To obtain basic genetic information for C. moschata, an...
We detected a new target quantitative trait locus (QTL) for lodging resistance in rice by analyzing lodging resistance to typhoons (Maysak and Haishen) using a scale from 0 (no prostrating) to 1 (little prostrating or prostrating) to record the resis...
In viticulture, winemakers and the industry demand grape bunches that have a reduced degree of bunch compactness. The major aspect is that a loose bunch compactness reduces the risk of severe Botrytis bunch-rot infections. Grapevine breeders focus he...
100-seed weight (100-SW) in soybeans is a yield component trait and controlled by multiple genes with different effects, but limited information is available for its quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) and candidate genes. To better understand the...
To ascertain the effect of low-light stress (80 μmol·m−2·s−1) on cucumbers, we report on improving and breeding low-light-tolerant varieties by mining genes related to low-light tolerance. In this study, the quantitative...
Flooding or submergence is one of the major environmental stressors affecting many man-made and natural ecosystems worldwide. The increase in the frequency and duration of heavy rainfall due to climate change has negatively affected plant growth and...
Improving the grain yield of crops in both favourable and stressful environments is the main breeding objective required to ensure food security. In this review, I outline a genotype-to-phenotype approach that exploits the potential values of quantit...
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...
In the context of life sciences, the rapid biotechnical development leads to the creation of huge amounts of biological data. The use of such data naturally brings concerns on human genetic privacy breaches, which also discourage biological data shar...
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) plant height (PH) is a biologically important plant architecture trait linked to yield and controlled by polygenes. However, limited information is available on quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs), alleles, and candid...
The stay-green (SG) trait enhances photosynthetic activity during the late grain-filling period, benefiting grain yield under drought and heat stresses. CH7034 is a wheat breeding line with SG. To clarify the SG loci carried by CH7034 and obtain link...
Floret-opening time (FOT) refers to the time between florets opening and closing within a day, and is a crucial agricultural trait for reproductive development, thermal tolerance and hybrid breeding in rice. However, little is known about the genetic...
Rice tillers are one of the most important traits for the yield and development of rice, although little is known about its mode of inheritance. Tiller numbers were recorded every 7 days a total of nine times, starting 30 days after transplantation....
Bakanae disease caused by Fusarium fujikuroi causes crop failure and yield losses in the majority of rice-growing countries. In this study, we employed a joint strategy quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping–Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS)...
Grain weight and size are important traits determining grain yield and influencing grain quality in rice. In a previous study, a quantitative trait locus controlling thousand-grain weight (TGW) in rice, qTGW10-20.8, was mapped in a 70.7 kb region on...
Bacterial blight (BB) disease is a serious stress that affects up to 80% of rice yield. Utilizing an elite resistant variety was previously thought to be an alternative way to control disease outbreaks. The indigenous upland rice variety ULR207 is a...
Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic heavy metal that causes severe health issues in humans. Cd accumulates in the human body when foods produced in Cd-contaminated fields are eaten. Therefore, soil remediation of contaminated fields is necessary to provide safe...
Non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCL/P) is a complex disease with a strong genetic component. More than 40 loci have been identified to be associated with the risk of NSCL/P by genome-wide association studies (GWASs), but the ma...
Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping based on a genetic map is a very effective method of marker-assisted selection in breeding, and whole-genome resequencing is one of the useful methods to obtain high-density genetic maps. In this study, the hybr...
Stem lodging critically limits wheat yield stability, with its resistance heavily influenced by internode mechanical strength, a trait whose genetic architecture remains poorly resolved. This study aimed to dissect the genetic basis of stem strength...
Grain-related traits are pivotal in rice cultivation, influencing yield and consumer preference. The complex inheritance of these traits, involving multiple alleles contributing to their expression, poses challenges in breeding. To address these chal...
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