Assessing the genetic variability of plant performance under heat and drought scenarios can
contribute to reduce the negative effects of climate change. We propose here an approach …

Chromosomal rearrangements can be triggered by recombination between distinct but
related regions. Brassica napus (AACC; 2n = 38) is a recent allopolyploid species whose …

Background As for many crops, new high-quality grapevine varieties requiring less pesticide
and adapted to climate change are needed. In perennial species, breeding is a long …

Through the local selection of landraces, humans have guided the adaptation of crops to a
vast range of climatic and ecological conditions. This is particularly true of maize, which was …

Although the genetic regulation of recombination in allopolyploid species plays a pivotal
role in evolution and plant breeding, it has received little recent attention, except in wheat (…

Background Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) array and re-sequencing technologies
have different properties (eg calling rate, minor allele frequency profile) and drawbacks (eg …

Background and Aims Berry weight in the grapevine, as in the tomato, is variable, ranging
from less than 1 g to 10 g. In the tomato, berry weight depends on cell number and volume but …

Expansion of the maize growing area was central for food security in temperate regions. In
addition to the suppression of the short-day requirement for floral induction, it required …

Chromosome rearrangements are common, but their dynamics over time, mechanisms of
occurrence and the genomic features that shape their distribution and rate are still poorly …

Little is known about the factors driving within species Genome Size (GS) variation. GS may
be shaped indirectly by natural selection on development and adaptative traits. Because GS …