Barley’s Hidden Grain Hierarchy: Genes That Decide Which Seeds Win
A genome-wide association study of 334 barley accessions combined with spatiotemporal transcriptomics reveals that asymmetric carbon metabolism during grain filling ...
Tag: plant breeding
Wheat’s Yield-Stability Trade-Off Exposed by Multi-Environment Analysis
A multi-season Iranian field trial combining GGE biplots, BLUP-based stability indices and multi-trait selection reveals a sharp yield-stability trade-off in ...
Tropical Maize Haploid Inducers Prove Season-Dependent in Multi-Year Field Trial
A three-season field study in Thailand shows that tropical-adapted maize haploid inducer lines retain strong induction capacity but rank differently ...
Chemical Mutagenesis Unlocks Hidden Trait Diversity in Cowpea
Ghanaian researchers show that moderate doses of the chemical mutagen EMS boost yield-related traits and produce striking new seed, pod, ...
Wild Relatives Hold the Genetic Keys to Future-Proof Crops, Review Finds
A new review argues that crop wild relatives hold vast untapped genetic diversity, but translating it into better cultivars requires ...
Silicon Gives Rice a Hidden Edge Against the Fall Armyworm, Study Finds
A new study shows that silicon accumulation in rice confers resistance to the fall armyworm by enabling a balanced transcriptional ...
Scientists Discover a Gene That Pre-Arms Wheat Against Salt Stress
Researchers have identified the wheat gene TaSTG4B, which enhances salt tolerance by pre-arming antioxidant and photosynthetic defense pathways before stress ...
Sequencing Revolution Races to Rescue the World’s Fruits and Vegetables
A comprehensive new review argues that next-generation sequencing has transformed horticultural crop genomics, but bioinformatics capacity and functional validation, not ...
Machine Learning Meets Heritage Plums: Black Sea Varieties Reveal Striking Antioxidant Diversity
A study of fifteen local European plum varieties from Türkiye's Black Sea region documents wide variation in fruit traits and ...
Single DNA Letter May Hold the Key to Starchier, Heavier Maize Kernels
Researchers combined linkage mapping and association analysis in maize to identify the β-amylase 4 gene Zm00001d039265 and a single SNP ...
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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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