Lilium produce fritillaria-type embryo sacs and it is easy to obtain aneuploids from 3x x 2x/4x interploidy hybridization. However, there are no repor......
Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida [Thunb] Cogn.) is an important horticultural crop in the Cucurbitaceae family that has high nutritive and medicinal value......
Drought tolerance in maize is a complex and polygenic trait, especially in the seedling stage. In plant breeding, complex genetic traits can be improv......
While no significant differences in initial ovule number were found among oilseed rape Brassica napus genotypes, there was a large variation in effect......
Watermelon possesses diverse ovary, fruit, and seed morphological traits and the successful identification of QTLs/genes controlling these traits are ......
Pineapple is the most important economic plant in the family Bromeliaceae and the third-most economically important tropical fruit in the world. It ha......
Fruit rind appearance traits significantly affect the commercial market value. The molecular basis and underlying gene(s) affecting rind strip pattern......
Fruit firmness is an important target of melon breeding, as it is associated with shelf life and economic value; however, the precise mechanism that d......
Drought tolerance is a very complex trait, controlled by multiple genes, difficult to identify and evaluate in maize. Here, we employed RNA-seq transc......
Nitrogen is an important nutrient for crop growth and development. Plant height-related traits can be affected by nitrogen supplementation. In this st......
Rice is the most staple food consuming in China. During the past six decades, a large number of indica inbred rice cultivars have been developed. Howe......
As one of the important spike components, spikelet number is closely related to wheat yield. In the present study, a major stable QTL for spikelet num......
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) is an important oilseed crop worldwide and 1000-seed weight (SW) is the important determinant of seed yield of B. nap......
Pumpkin is a popular vegetable crop and exhibits a broad diversity in fruit shape and size. Fruit-related traits are the decisive factors determining ......