Wild Sugarcane Relative Yields a Protein That Quietly Undermines Drought Tolerance
Researchers have shown that NpSCI2A, a protease inhibitor from the drought-hardy wild sugarcane relative Narenga porphyrocoma, acts as a negative ...
Tag: molecular breeding
Cotton’s Fiber-Seed Trade-Off Cracked: GhRCD1-GhMYC3 Module Promises Premium Fiber and Vigorous Seeds Together
Chinese researchers have identified the GhRCD1-GhMYC3 protein module that governs cotton's long-standing trade-off between fiber quality and seed performance, offering ...
Genetic Bridge Strategy Delivers Stable Male-Sterile and Restorer Lines for Hybrid Peppers
Researchers in China have developed an intermediate restorer line carrying sterile cytoplasm and fertile nuclear genes that acts as a ...
Compact tomato pangenome reveals genes steering fruit size and disease defense
A streamlined graph-based tomato pangenome built from cultivated and wild parents has uncovered a new fruit-weight gene and a regulator ...
Wild Soybean’s Secret Salt Defense: Genes That Could Save Crops From Degrading Soils
Researchers have mapped the physiological and genetic defenses that allow wild soybean to withstand saline-alkali stress, identifying co-expression modules and ...
Scientists Crack the Pomegranate Code: PgMYB10 Emerges as Master Switch for Red Pigment
Researchers have built the first efficient stable transformation system for pomegranate and used it to show that the transcription factor ...
Scientists Build a 50,000-SNP Genetic Toolkit to Decode and Breed the Eurasian Steppe’s Vital Sheepgrass
Researchers have developed the first 50,000-SNP target-enrichment panel for the allotetraploid forage grass Leymus chinensis, enabling high-resolution genotyping, population analysis, ...
Ancient Willow Relative Yields Secrets of a Master Gene Family That Builds Plants
A genome-wide study of the rare Korean willow has cataloged its 14 WUSCHEL-related homeobox genes, revealing conserved subgroups, tandem duplications, ...
Circular RNAs Reveal the Hidden Genetic Switches Behind Cashmere Goat Fleece Growth
Researchers at Shanxi Agricultural University have identified the circular RNAs and hub genes that distinguish two cashmere fleece phenotypes across ...
Scientists Map Thousands of Disease-Resistance Genes in the Emerging Oilseed Crop Brassica carinata
Researchers have catalogued nearly 2,500 to 2,700 resistance gene analogues across two Brassica carinata genomes, revealing chromosomal hotspots, extensive homeologous ...
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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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