Guangtao Zhu

TL;DR: A comprehensive analysis of tomato evolution based on the genome sequences of 360 accessions provides evidence that domestication and improvement focused on two independent sets of quantitative trait loci (QTLs), resulting in modern tomato fruit ∼100 times larger than its ancestor.

TL;DR: The study reveals a multi-omics view of the metabolic breeding history of tomato, as well as provides insights into metabolome-assisted breeding and plant biology.

TL;DR: An understanding of the flavor deficiencies in modern commercial varieties and the information necessary for the recovery of good flavor through molecular breeding is provided.

TL;DR: A variation in the coding sequence of SlHAK20 was found to be the causative variant associated with Na+/K+ ratio and confer salt tolerance in tomato, uncovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism of salt tolerance responsible for the deficiency in saltolerance in cultivated tomato varieties.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employed genome design to develop a generation of pure and fertile potato lines and thereby the uniform, vigorous F1s, which transformed potato breeding from a slow, non-accumulative mode into a fast-iterative one.