Harnessing Knowledge from Maize and Rice Domestication for New Crop Breeding

Exploring the application of wild species for crop improvement in a changing climate

(2020) Fangning Zhang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

A common wild rice-derived BOC1 allele reduces callus browning in indica rice transformation

(2020) Kun Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Neo-functionalization of a Teosinte branched 1 homologue mediates adaptations of upland rice

(2020) Jun Lyu et al.   Nature Communications

Superior field performance of waxy corn engineered using CRISPR–Cas9

(2020) Huirong Gao et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metabolomic analysis reveals differences in evolution between maize and rice

(2020) Min Deng et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The genetic architecture of the maize progenitor, teosinte, and how it was altered during maize domestication

(2020) Qiuyue Chen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Characterization of the transcriptional divergence between the subspecies of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa)

(2020) Malachy T. Campbell et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Toward Precision Genome Editing in Crop Plants

(2020) Jingying Li et al.   Molecular Plant

Roadmap for Accelerated Domestication of an Emerging Perennial Grain Crop

(2020) Lee DeHaan et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Analysis of wild tomato introgression lines elucidates the genetic basis of transcriptome and metabolome variation underlying fruit traits and pathogen response

(2020) Jędrzej Szymański et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Decrease of gene expression diversity during domestication of animals and plants

(2019) Wei Liu et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Developing disease-resistant thermosensitive male sterile rice by multiplex gene editing

(2019) Sanfeng Li et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Clonal seeds from hybrid rice by simultaneous genome engineering of meiosis and fertilization genes

(2019) Chun Wang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The genetic architecture of teosinte catalyzed and constrained maize domestication

(2019) Chin Jian Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

One-step genome editing of elite crop germplasm during haploid induction

(2019) Timothy Kelliher et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Development of a Haploid-Inducer Mediated Genome Editing System for Accelerating Maize Breeding

(2019) Baobao Wang et al.   Molecular Plant

CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing and Precision Plant Breeding in Agriculture

(2019) Kunling Chen et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

De Novo Domestication: An Alternative Route toward New Crops for the Future

(2019) Alisdair R. Fernie et al.   Molecular Plant

krn1 , a major quantitative trait locus for kernel row number in maize

(2019) Jian Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A New Rice Breeding Method: CRISPR /Cas9 System Editing of the Xa13 Promoter to Cultivate Transgene‐free Bacterial Blight‐resistant Rice

(2019) Changyan Li et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Evolutionary Metabolomics Identifies Substantial Metabolic Divergence between Maize and its Wild Ancestor, Teosinte

(2019) Guanghui Xu et al.   PLANT CELL

UPA2 and ZmRAVL1 : Promising targets of genetic improvement of maize plant architecture

(2019) Dexin Kong et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Perspectives on the Application of Genome-Editing Technologies in Crop Breeding

(2019) Kai Hua et al.   Molecular Plant

Revolutions in agriculture chart a course for targeted breeding of old and new crops

(2019) Yuval Eshed et al.   SCIENCE

Using wild relatives to improve maize

(2019) Sarah Hake et al.   SCIENCE

Teosinte ligule allele narrows plant architecture and enhances high-density maize yields

(2019) Jinge Tian et al.   SCIENCE

TeoNAM: A Nested Association Mapping Population for Domestication and Agronomic Trait Analysis in Maize

(2019) Qiuyue Chen et al.   GENETICS

Broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight in rice using genome editing

(2019) Ricardo Oliva et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The regulatory landscape of a core maize domestication module controlling bud dormancy and growth repression

(2019) Zhaobin Dong et al.   Nature Communications

Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture

(2019) Choon-Tak Kwon et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The tin1 gene retains the function of promoting tillering in maize

(2019) Xuan Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Rewiring of the Fruit Metabolome in Tomato Breeding

(2018) Guangtao Zhu et al.   CELL

The Rise and Fall of African Rice Cultivation Revealed by Analysis of 246 New Genomes

(2018) Philippe Cubry et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Generation of new glutinous rice by CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis of the Waxy gene in elite rice varieties

(2018) Jinshan Zhang et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Multiplex gene editing in rice with simplified CRISPR-Cpf1 and CRISPR-Cas9 systems

(2018) Mugui Wang et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Genome-wide Analysis of Transcriptional Variability in a Large Maize-Teosinte Population

(2018) Xufeng Wang et al.   Molecular Plant

The rice genome revolution: from an ancient grain to Green Super Rice

(2018) Rod A. Wing et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Stepwise cis-Regulatory Changes in ZCN8 Contribute to Maize Flowering-Time Adaptation

(2018) Li Guo et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Parallel selection on a dormancy gene during domestication of crops from multiple families

(2018) Min Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Maize domestication and gene interaction

(2018) Michelle C. Stitzer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Multiplex QTL editing of grain-related genes improves yield in elite rice varieties

(2018) Jianping Zhou et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Variation in the regulatory region of FZP causes increases in secondary inflorescence branching and grain yield in rice domestication

(2018) Yongyu Huang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Metabolic GWAS-based dissection of genetic bases underlying the diversity of plant metabolism

(2018) Chuanying Fang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Acquisition of deleterious mutations during potato polyploidization

(2018) Qun Lian et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

A male-expressed rice embryogenic trigger redirected for asexual propagation through seeds

(2018) Imtiyaz Khanday et al.   NATURE

Domestication of wild tomato is accelerated by genome editing

(2018) Tingdong Li et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

De novo domestication of wild tomato using genome editing

(2018) Agustin Zsögön et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Deletions linked to PROG1 gene participate in plant architecture domestication in Asian and African rice

(2018) Yongzhen Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Genes Contributing to Domestication of Rice Seed Traits and Its Global Expansion

(2018) Haiyang Liu et al.   Genes

Understanding Grass Domestication through Maize Mutants

(2018) Zhaobin Dong et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Genetic Costs of Domestication and Improvement

(2017) Brook T Moyers et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Cassava haplotype map highlights fixation of deleterious mutations during clonal propagation

(2017) Punna Ramu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Complex genetic architecture underlies maize tassel domestication

(2017) Guanghui Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of GmFT2a delays flowering time in soya bean

(2017) Yupeng Cai et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Ideal crop plant architecture is mediated bytassels replace upper ears1,a BTB/POZ ankyrin repeat gene directly targeted by TEOSINTE BRANCHED1

(2017) Zhaobin Dong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary genomics of grape (Vitis viniferassp.vinifera) domestication

(2017) Yongfeng Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rapid generation of genetic diversity by multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in rice

(2017) Lan Shen et al.   Science China-Life Sciences

Knockout of OsNramp5 using the CRISPR/Cas9 system produces low Cd-accumulating indica rice without compromising yield

(2017) Li Tang et al.   Scientific Reports

Generation of High-Amylose Rice through CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Targeted Mutagenesis of Starch Branching Enzymes

(2017) Yongwei Sun et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Superheroes and masterminds of plant domestication

(2016) Natalia E. Martínez-Ainsworth et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Rapid improvement of grain weight via highly efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated multiplex genome editing in rice

(2016) Rongfang Xu et al.   Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Evolutionary Metabolomics Reveals Domestication-Associated Changes in Tetraploid Wheat Kernels

(2016) Romina Beleggia et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Role of Deleterious Substitutions in Crop Genomes

(2016) Thomas J. Y. Kono et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Variation in the flowering gene SELF PRUNING 5G promotes day-neutrality and early yield in tomato

(2016) Sebastian Soyk et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Domestication history and geographical adaptation inferred from a SNP map of African rice

(2016) Rachel S Meyer et al.   NATURE GENETICS

ARGOS8 variants generated by CRISPR-Cas9 improve maize grain yield under field drought stress conditions

(2016) Jinrui Shi et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

GAD1Encodes a Secreted Peptide That Regulates Grain Number, Grain Length, and Awn Development in Rice Domestication

(2016) Jing Jin et al.   PLANT CELL

Rice HOX12 Regulates Panicle Exsertion by Directly Modulating the Expression ofELONGATED UPPERMOST INTERNODE1

(2016) Shaopei Gao et al.   PLANT CELL

Fine Mapping of a QTL Associated with Kernel Row Number on Chromosome 1 of Maize

(2016) Claudia I. Calderón et al.   PLoS One

Loss of function atRAE2, a previously unidentified EPFL, is required for awnlessness in cultivated Asian rice

(2016) Kanako Bessho-Uehara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COLD1 Confers Chilling Tolerance in Rice

(2015) Yun Ma et al.   CELL

Evidence That the Origin of Naked Kernels During Maize Domestication Was Caused by a Single Amino Acid Substitution in tga1

(2015) Huai Wang et al.   GENETICS

Evolution Is an Experiment: Assessing Parallelism in Crop Domestication and Experimental Evolution

(2015) Brandon S. Gaut   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations as a Consequence of Domestication and Improvement in Sunflowers and Other Compositae Crops

(2015) Sebastien Renaut et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

An-2 Encodes a Cytokinin Synthesis Enzyme that Regulates Awn Length and Grain Production in Rice

(2015) Benguo Gu et al.   Molecular Plant

Seed filling in domesticated maize and rice depends on SWEET-mediated hexose transport

(2015) Davide Sosso et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Dormancy and germination: How does the crop seed decide?

(2015) K. Shu et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Creation of fragrant rice by targeted knockout of theOsBADH2gene using TALEN technology

(2015) Qiwei Shan et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

LABA1, a Domestication Gene Associated with Long, Barbed Awns in Wild Rice

(2015) Lei Hua et al.   PLANT CELL

KRN4 Controls Quantitative Variation in Maize Kernel Row Number

(2015) Lei Liu et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evidence That the Origin of Naked Kernels During Maize Domestication Was Caused by a Single Amino Acid Substitution in tga1

(2015) Huai Wang et al.   GENETICS

Transcriptome population genomics reveals severe bottleneck and domestication cost in the African rice (Oryza glaberrima)

(2014) Benoit Nabholz et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genome-wide association analyses provide genetic and biochemical insights into natural variation in rice metabolism

(2014) Wei Chen et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate nitrogen-use efficiency in rice

(2014) Hongying Sun et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The genome sequence of African rice (Oryza glaberrima) and evidence for independent domestication

(2014) Muhua Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Archaeological and genetic insights into the origins of domesticated rice

(2014) B. L. Gross et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MaizeSBP-boxtranscription factorsunbranched2andunbranched3affect yield traits by regulating the rate of lateral primordia initiation

(2014) George S. Chuck et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Metabolic variation between japonica and indica rice cultivars as revealed by non-targeted metabolomics

(2014) Chaoyang Hu et al.   Scientific Reports

The Role of cis Regulatory Evolution in Maize Domestication

(2014) Zachary H. Lemmon et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Bountiful Harvest: Genomic Insights into Crop Domestication Phenotypes

(2013) Kenneth M. Olsen et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

OsLG1 regulates a closed panicle trait in domesticated rice

(2013) Takashige Ishii et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Evolution of crop species: genetics of domestication and diversification

(2013) Rachel S. Meyer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Genome-Wide Binding Analysis of the Transcription Activator IDEAL PLANT ARCHITECTURE1 Reveals a Complex Network Regulating Rice Plant Architecture

(2013) Z. Lu et al.   PLANT CELL

An-1 Encodes a Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein That Regulates Awn Development, Grain Size, and Grain Number in Rice

(2013) J. Luo et al.   PLANT CELL

Association of functional nucleotide polymorphisms at DTH2 with the northward expansion of rice cultivation in Asia

(2013) W. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering via Cas9

(2013) P. Mali et al.   SCIENCE

Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems

(2013) L. Cong et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular mechanisms involved in convergent crop domestication

(2013) Teresa Lenser et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The interaction between OsMADS57 and OsTB1 modulates rice tillering via DWARF14

(2013) Siyi Guo et al.   Nature Communications

Genetic control of inflorescence architecture during rice domestication

(2013) Zuofeng Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

From Many, One: Genetic Control of Prolificacy during Maize Domestication

(2013) David M. Wills et al.   PLoS Genetics

ADAPTATION AND MALADAPTATION IN SELFING AND OUTCROSSING SPECIES: NEW MUTATIONS VERSUS STANDING VARIATION

(2012) Sylvain Glémin et al.   EVOLUTION

A map of rice genome variation reveals the origin of cultivated rice

(2012) Xuehui Huang et al.   NATURE

Comparative population genomics of maize domestication and improvement

(2012) Matthew B Hufford et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Parallel domestication of the Shattering1 genes in cereals

(2012) Zhongwei Lin et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Control of grain size, shape and quality by OsSPL16 in rice

(2012) Shaokui Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Patterns and processes in crop domestication: an historical review and quantitative analysis of 203 global food crops

(2012) Rachel S. Meyer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reshaping of the maize transcriptome by domestication

(2012) R. Swanson-Wagner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Seed Dormancy in Mexican Teosinte

(2011) Adriana Natividad Avendaño López et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice yields markers for identifying agronomically important genes

(2011) Xun Xu et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Genome-wide association study of leaf architecture in the maize nested association mapping population

(2011) Feng Tian et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Identification of a functional transposon insertion in the maize domestication gene tb1

(2011) Anthony Studer et al.   NATURE GENETICS

grassy tillers1 promotes apical dominance in maize and responds to shade signals in the grasses

(2011) C. J. Whipple et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Artificial selection for a green revolution gene during japonica rice domestication

(2011) K. Asano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence of selection at theramosa1locus during maize domestication

(2010) BRANDI SIGMON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Regulation of OsSPL14 by OsmiR156 defines ideal plant architecture in rice

(2010) Yongqing Jiao et al.   NATURE GENETICS

OsSPL14 promotes panicle branching and higher grain productivity in rice

(2010) Kotaro Miura et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genome-wide association studies of 14 agronomic traits in rice landraces

(2010) Xuehui Huang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Molecular cloning of Sdr4, a regulator involved in seed dormancy and domestication of rice

(2010) K. Sugimoto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Increased Food and Ecosystem Security via Perennial Grains

(2010) J. D. Glover et al.   SCIENCE

Genetic perspectives on crop domestication

(2010) Briana L. Gross et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines: A Powerful Tool for the Introgression of Valuable Genes from Oryza Wild Species into Cultivated Rice (O. sativa)

(2010) M. Liakat Ali et al.   Rice

Natural variation at the DEP1 locus enhances grain yield in rice

(2009) Xianzhong Huang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A comparative view of the evolution of grasses under domestication

(2009) Sylvain Glémin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

d14, a Strigolactone-Insensitive Mutant of Rice, Shows an Accelerated Outgrowth of Tillers

(2009) Tomotsugu Arite et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Tracking footprints of maize domestication and evidence for a massive selective sweep on chromosome 10

(2009) F. Tian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Starch grain and phytolith evidence for early ninth millennium B.P. maize from the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico

(2009) D. R. Piperno et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Control of a key transition from prostrate to erect growth in rice domestication

(2008) Lubin Tan et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genetic control of rice plant architecture under domestication

(2008) Jian Jin et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The evolving story of rice evolution

(2008) Duncan A. Vaughan et al.   PLANT SCIENCE