Rice is a staple crop for half the world’s population, which is expected to grow by 3 billion
over the next 30 years. It is also a key model for studying the genomics of agroecosystems. …

We have witnessed an explosion in our understanding of the evolution and structure of plant
genomes in recent years. Here, we highlight three important emergent realizations: (1) that …

Here we analyse genetic variation, population structure and diversity among 3,010 diverse
Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) genomes from the 3,000 Rice Genomes Project. Our …

The wild relatives of rice contain a virtually untapped reservoir of traits that can be used help
drive the 21st century green revolution aimed at solving world food security issues by 2050. …

Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the most important crop plants for seed protein and oil
content, and for its capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen through symbioses with soil-borne …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume for human consumption
and has a role in sustainable agriculture owing to its ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen…

Introduction Darwin famously characterized the rapid rise and early diversification of flowering
plants (angiosperms) in the fossil record as an “abominable mystery.” Identifying genomic …

We have sequenced and annotated the genome of the filamentous ascomycete Ashbya
gossypii. With a size of only 9.2 megabases, encoding 4718 protein-coding genes, it is the …

Retrotransposons are the main components of eukaryotic genomes, representing up to 80%
of some large plant genomes. These mobile elements transpose via a “copy and paste” …

Oil palm is the most productive oil-bearing crop. Although it is planted on only 5% of the total
world vegetable oil acreage, palm oil accounts for 33% of vegetable oil and 45% of edible …