Grafting is an ancient agricultural practice that joins the root system (rootstock) of one plant
to the shoot (scion) of another. It is most commonly employed in woody perennial crops to …

Cultivated rice, Oryza sativa L., represents the world’s most important staple food crop, feeding
more than half of the human population. Despite this essential role in world agriculture, …

Weedy red rice (Oryza sativa spontonea) is a persistent and problematic weed of rice culture
worldwide. A major hypothesis for the mechanism of production of this weed in South and …

Viticulture, like other fields of agriculture, is currently facing important challenges that will be
addressed only through sustained, dedicated and coordinated research. Although the …

Background WRKY transcription factors are one of the largest families of transcriptional
regulators in plants. WRKY genes are not only found to play significant roles in biotic and abiotic …

Grape is one of the most important fruit crops worldwide. The suitable geographical locations
and productivity of grapes are largely limited by temperature. Vitis amurensis is a wild …

Genotyping by sequencing (GBS) provides opportunities to generate high-resolution genetic
maps at a low genotyping cost, but for highly heterozygous species, missing data and …

Across plants, leaves exhibit profound diversity in shape. As a single leaf expands, its shape
is in constant flux. Plants may also produce leaves with different shapes at successive …

Concerns regarding the commercial release of genetically engineered (GE) crops include
naturalization, introgression to sexually compatible relatives and the transfer of beneficial traits …

Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is often employed in crop breeding programs to accelerate
and enhance cultivar development, via selection during the juvenile phase and parental …