Valorie H. Goff

TL;DR: Model plant sequences better guide studies of related genomes in recombinogenic than nonrecombinogenic regions, and Bridging of 35 physical gaps in the rice sequence by sorghum BAC contigs illustrates reciprocal benefits of comparative approaches that extend at least across the cereals and perhaps beyond.

TL;DR: Intersections among QTL, GWAS and comparative data advance knowledge of genetic determinants of inflorescence and plant height components in Sorghum, and add new dimensions to comparisons between sorghum and rice.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that a WRKY transcription factor, SpWRKY, functions in a manner analogous to Medicago and Arabidopsis homologs that regulate cell wall biosynthesis genes, with low expression toward the end of floral development derepressing downstream cell wall BIOSynthesis genes to allow deposition of lignin that initiates the abscission zone in the seed–pedicel junction.

TL;DR: This work compared QTL data to GWAS for seed mass, seed length, and seed width studied in 354 accessions from a sorghum association panel (SAP) that have been genotyped at 265,487 SNPs, and identified nine independent GWAS-based “hotspots” for seed size associations.

TL;DR: Unraveling genetic determinants for vegetative branching may contribute to deterministic breeding of optimized genotypes for sustainable food and cellulosic biomass production in both optimal and marginal conditions, which are resilient to future climates that are more volatile and more stressful.