From Mendel’s discovery on pea to today’s plant genetics and breeding

From QTL to variety-harnessing the benefits of QTLs for drought, flood and salt tolerance in mega rice varieties of India through a multi-institutional network

(2016) Renu Singh et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Improvement of Basmati rice varieties for resistance to blast and bacterial blight diseases using marker assisted backcross breeding

(2016) Ranjith K. Ellur et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Genetic control of flowering time in rice: integration of Mendelian genetics and genomics

(2016) Kiyosumi Hori et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Bandwagons I, too, have known

(2016) Rex Bernardo   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Perspectives for Genomic Selection Applications and Research in Plants

(2015) Nicolas Heslot et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Progress, challenges and the future of crop genomes

(2015) Todd P Michael et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Next-generation sequencing for identification of candidate genes forFusariumwilt and sterility mosaic disease in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)

(2015) Vikas K. Singh et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Marker-assisted backcross breeding to combine multiple rust resistance in wheat

(2015) Niharika Mallick et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Beyond the "Mendel-Fisher controversy"

(2015) G. Radick   SCIENCE

Development and evaluation of near-isogenic lines for major blast resistance gene(s) in Basmati rice

(2015) Apurva Khanna et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genomic Selection and Association Mapping in Rice (Oryza sativa): Effect of Trait Genetic Architecture, Training Population Composition, Marker Number and Statistical Model on Accuracy of Rice Genomic Selection in Elite, Tropical Rice Breeding Lines

(2015) Jennifer Spindel et al.   PLoS Genetics

MENDEL: Morphologist and Mathematician Founder of Genetics - To Begin a Celebration of the 2015 Sesquicentennial of Mendel's Presentation in 1865 of hisVersuche über Pflanzenhybriden

(2015) John M. Opitz et al.   Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine

Development of New Submergence Tolerant Rice Variety for Bangladesh Using Marker-Assisted Backcrossing

(2015) Khandakar Md Iftekharuddaula et al.   Rice Science

Accelerating the development of new submergence tolerant rice varieties: the case of Ciherang-Sub1 and PSB Rc18-Sub1

(2014) Endang M. Septiningsih et al.   EUPHYTICA

Genome Editing with Engineered Nucleases in Plants

(2014) Y. Osakabe et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Development of β-Carotene Rich Maize Hybrids through Marker-Assisted Introgression of β-carotene hydroxylase Allele

(2014) Vignesh Muthusamy et al.   PLoS One

Marker-assisted introgression of a QTL region to improve rust resistance in three elite and popular varieties of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

(2014) Rajeev K. Varshney et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Ten years of next-generation sequencing technology

(2014) Erwin L. van Dijk et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Marker-Assisted Backcrossing to Introgress Resistance to Fusarium Wilt Race 1 and Ascochyta Blight in C 214, an Elite Cultivar of Chickpea

(2014) R. K. Varshney et al.   Plant Genome

Genomic prediction in CIMMYT maize and wheat breeding programs

(2013) J Crossa et al.   HEREDITY

Entering the second century of maize quantitative genetics

(2013) J G Wallace et al.   HEREDITY

Genesis and Regulatory Wiring of Retroelement-Derived Domesticated Genes: A Phylogenomic Perspective

(2013) Janez Kokošar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Multiplex and homologous recombination–mediated genome editing in Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana using guide RNA and Cas9

(2013) Jian-Feng Li et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

High-frequency off-target mutagenesis induced by CRISPR-Cas nucleases in human cells

(2013) Yanfang Fu et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Targeted genome modification of crop plants using a CRISPR-Cas system

(2013) Qiwei Shan et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

MutMap-Gap: whole-genome resequencing of mutant F2 progeny bulk combined withde novoassembly of gap regions identifies the rice blast resistance genePii

(2013) Hiroki Takagi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

MutMap+: Genetic Mapping and Mutant Identification without Crossing in Rice

(2013) Rym Fekih et al.   PLoS One

Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems

(2013) L. Cong et al.   SCIENCE

Fast track genetic improvement of ascochyta blight resistance and double podding in chickpea by marker-assisted backcrossing

(2013) B. Taran et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic dissection of drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2013) Rajeev K. Varshney et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

ZFN, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas-based methods for genome engineering

(2013) Thomas Gaj et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Current state-of-art of sequencing technologies for plant genomics research

(2012) M. Thudi et al.   Briefings in Functional Genomics

Potential and Optimization of Genomic Selection for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Six-Row Barley

(2012) A. J. Lorenz et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Incorporation of blast resistance into “PRR78”, an elite Basmati rice restorer line, through marker assisted backcross breeding

(2012) Vikas K. Singh et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

SNP-Ratio Mapping (SRM): Identifying Lethal Alleles and Mutations in Complex Genetic Backgrounds by Next-Generation Sequencing

(2012) H. Lindner et al.   GENETICS

High-efficiency TALEN-based gene editing produces disease-resistant rice

(2012) Ting Li et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Genome sequencing reveals agronomically important loci in rice using MutMap

(2012) Akira Abe et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fast Isogenic Mapping-by-Sequencing of Ethyl Methanesulfonate-Induced Mutant Bulks

(2012) B. Hartwig et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Programmable Dual-RNA-Guided DNA Endonuclease in Adaptive Bacterial Immunity

(2012) M. Jinek et al.   SCIENCE

Mendel’s Genes: Toward a Full Molecular Characterization: Table 1 

(2011) James B. Reid et al.   GENETICS

A matter of life or death: How microsatellites emerge in and vanish from the human genome

(2011) Y. D. Kelkar et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Next-generation mapping of Arabidopsis genes

(2011) Ryan S. Austin et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Mendel, 150 years on

(2011) T.H. Noel Ellis et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Marker-Assisted Selection to Pyramid Nematode Resistance and the High Oleic Trait in Peanut

(2011) Y. Chu et al.   Plant Genome

Genomic Selection Accuracy using Multifamily Prediction Models in a Wheat Breeding Program

(2011) Elliot L. Heffner et al.   Plant Genome

Accuracy and Training Population Design for Genomic Selection on Quantitative Traits in Elite North American Oats

(2011) Franco G. Asoro et al.   Plant Genome

Insights from the Comparison of Plant Genome Sequences

(2010) Andrew H. Paterson et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

The largest eukaryotic genome of them all?

(2010) JAUME PELLICER et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Stettler hard red spring wheat

(2010) R M DePauw et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

A CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEORY OF QUANTITATIVE CHARACTER INHERITANCE

(2010) J. RASMUSSON   HEREDITAS

Marker-assisted improvement of bacterial blight resistance in parental lines of Pusa RH10, a superfine grain aromatic rice hybrid

(2010) S. H. Basavaraj et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Marker-assisted selection for pre-harvest sprouting tolerance and leaf rust resistance in bread wheat

(2010) J. Kumar et al.   PLANT BREEDING

The development of Arabidopsis as a model plant

(2010) Maarten Koornneef et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Identification of Mendel's White Flower Character

(2010) Roger P. Hellens et al.   PLoS One

Breeding Technologies to Increase Crop Production in a Changing World

(2010) M. Tester et al.   SCIENCE

Transposable elements: powerful facilitators of evolution

(2009) Keith R. Oliver et al.   BIOESSAYS

High-frequency modification of plant genes using engineered zinc-finger nucleases

(2009) Jeffrey A. Townsend et al.   NATURE

Precise genome modification in the crop species Zea mays using zinc-finger nucleases

(2009) Vipula K. Shukla et al.   NATURE

SHOREmap: simultaneous mapping and mutation identification by deep sequencing

(2009) Korbinian Schneeberger et al.   NATURE METHODS

Fall and rise of satellite repeats in allopolyploids of Nicotiana over c. 5 million years

(2009) Blazena Koukalova et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Next-generation sequencing technologies and their implications for crop genetics and breeding

(2009) Rajeev K. Varshney et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Contrasting evolutionary dynamics between angiosperm and mammalian genomes

(2009) Eduard Kejnovsky et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Development of submergence-tolerant rice cultivars: the Sub1 locus and beyond

(2008) Endang M. Septiningsih et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Accurate whole human genome sequencing using reversible terminator chemistry

(2008) David R. Bentley et al.   NATURE

Transposable elements and the evolution of regulatory networks

(2008) Cédric Feschotte   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Integrating marker assisted background analysis with foreground selection for identification of superior bacterial blight resistant recombinants in Basmati rice

(2008) S. Gopalakrishnan et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Cytochemistry and C-values: The Less-well-known World of Nuclear DNA Amounts

(2007) J. Greilhuber   ANNALS OF BOTANY