Dissecting the genetic architecture of sunflower disc diameter using genome-wide association study.

Sunflower ( L.) plays an essential role in meeting the demand for edible oil worldwide. The yield of sunflower seeds encompasses several component traits, including the disc diameter.

SNP discovery in proso millet ( L.) using low-pass genome sequencing.

Domesticated ~10,000 years ago in northern China, Proso millet ( L.) is a climate-resilient and human health-promoting cereal crop. The genome size of this self-pollinated allotetraploid is 923 Mb.

Voxel carving-based 3D reconstruction of sorghum identifies genetic determinants of light interception efficiency.

Changes in canopy architecture traits have been shown to contribute to yield increases. Optimizing both light interception and light interception efficiency of agricultural crop canopies will be essential to meeting the growing food needs. Canopy architecture is inherently three-dimensional (3D), but many approaches to measuring canopy architecture component traits treat the canopy as a two-dimensional (2D) structure to make large scale measurement, selective breeding, and gene identification logistically feasible.

Divergent phenotypic response of rice accessions to transient heat stress during early seed development.

Increasing global surface temperatures is posing a major food security challenge. Part of the solution to address this problem is to improve crop heat resilience, especially during grain development, along with agronomic decisions such as shift in planting time and increasing crop diversification. Rice is a major food crop consumed by more than 3 billion people.