Sunflower Genes Could Hold the Key to Climate-Proof Crops in the World’s Driest Farmlands
A new review argues that sunflower's remarkable tolerance to combined drought, heat, salt, and pathogen stress makes it a powerful ...
Tag: marker-assisted selection
New Automated Pipeline Speeds Up Gene Hunting in Crop Breeding
Researchers have developed BSArray, an automated R Shiny pipeline that turns Illumina SNP array data into mapped quantitative trait loci, ...
Scientists Uncover Genetic Switches Behind Self-Incompatibility in Indian Mustard
A new study identifies four SNPs and three calcium-signaling candidate genes controlling protogyny-linked self-incompatibility in Indian mustard, opening the door ...
A Hidden Y Chromosome Emerges: New Genetic Markers Crack the Sex Code of a Fast-Growing Chinese Fish
Genomic screening of a commercially prized Chinese cyprinid has uncovered male-specific DNA markers and revealed an XX/XY sex determination system, ...
Scientists Hunt Hidden Drought Genes in Ancient and Synthetic Wheats
A new study of 42 diverse hexaploid wheat lines combines field phenotyping and SSR markers to identify drought-tolerant donors and ...
Scientists Pin Down Genes Behind Cotton’s Defenses Against Wilt Disease
Researchers have fine mapped major QTL for Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton to compact genomic intervals and identified fifteen candidate ...
Scientists Stack Drought and Flood Tolerance Genes Into Beloved Rice Variety
Indian researchers have combined drought-tolerance QTLs and the Sub1 submergence-tolerance locus in the elite rice variety Samba Mahsuri, producing lines ...
Scientists Uncover Shared and Population-Specific Genes That Shield Barley From Leaf Rust
A large multi-population genome-wide association study of more than 6,400 barley breeding lines has revealed both common and population-specific quantitative ...
Scientists uncover hidden susceptibility genes fueling wheat disease outbreaks
A large-scale genetic study of 619 US hard winter wheat lines has identified known and novel susceptibility genes for septoria ...
Hidden Resistance Genes in Northeast Indian Rice Could Transform Blast Disease Fight
Researchers screening 58 Northeastern Indian rice genotypes found several landraces carrying up to eleven blast resistance genes, offering valuable donors ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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