Accelerating crop improvement in sorghum, a staple food for people in semiarid regions
across the developing world, is key to ensuring global food security in the context of climate …

Zero hunger and good health could be realized by 2030 through effective conservation,
characterization and utilization of germplasm resources 1 . So far, few chickpea (Cicerarietinum) …

Improving environmental adaptation in crops is essential for food security under global
change, but phenotyping adaptive traits remains a major bottleneck. If associations between …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important staple food crop in Africa and South
America; however, ubiquitous deleterious mutations may severely decrease its fitness. To …

Large ex situ collections require approaches for sampling manageable amounts of
germplasm for in-depth characterization and use. We present here a large diversity survey in …

A combination of two approaches, namely QTL analysis and gene enrichment analysis were
used to identify candidate genes in the “QTL-hotspot” region for drought tolerance present …

Identifying natural variation of health-promoting compounds in staple crops and characterizing
its genetic basis can help improve human nutrition through crop biofortification. Some …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a crucial, under‐researched crop feeding millions
worldwide, especially in Africa. Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) has plagued production in …

Background Accurate identification of crop cultivars is crucial in assessing the impact of crop
improvement research outputs. Two commonly used identification approaches, elicitation of …

Selection and use of genetically diverse genotypes are key factors in any crop breeding
program to develop cultivars with a broad genetic base. Molecular markers play a major role in …