Issue 1Issue 2

Review

1 Diversity and interaction of common bacterial blight disease-causing bacteria (Xanthomonas spp.) with Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Joab K. Tugume, Geoffrey Tusiime, Allan Male Sekamate, Robin Buruchara, Clare Mugisha Mukankusi

Research Papers

8 Dissecting conserved cis-regulatory modules of Glu-1 promoters which confer the highly active endospermspecific expression via stable wheat transformation

Jihu Li, Ke Wang, Genying Li, Yulian Li, Yong Zhang,Zhiyong Liu, Xingguo Ye, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He,Shuanghe Cao

19 Accumulation of glycolipids in wheat grain an d theirrole in hardness during grain development

Haixia Qin, Dongyun Ma, Xin Huang, Jie Zhang, Wan Sun, Gege Hou, Chenyang Wang, Tiancai Guo

30 Variation in allelic frequencies at loci associated with kernel weight and their effects on kernel weightrelated traits in winter wheat

Teng Li, Hongwei Liu, Chunyan Mai, Guangjun Yu, Huili Li, Lingzhi Meng, Dawei Jian, Li Yang, Yang Zhou,Hongjun Zhang, Hongjie Li

38 Evaluation of host resistance and fungicide application as tools for the management of root rot of field pea caused by Aphanomyces euteiches

Longfei Wu, Kan-Fa Chang, Sheau-Fang Hwang, Robert Conner, Rudolph Fredua-Agyeman, David Feindel,Stephen E. Strelkov

49 Imprinting, methylation, and expression characterization of the maize ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE 2-like gene

Xiupeng Mei, Ping Li, Lu Wang, Chaoxian Liu, Lian Zhou,Chunyan Li, Yilin Cai

58 Fast mapping of a chlorophyll b synthesis-deficiency gene in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) via bulkedsegregant analysis with reduced-representation sequencing

Dongdong Xu, Dan Sun, Yanling Diao, Minxuan Liu, Jia Gao, Bin Wu, Xingmiao Yuan, Ping Lu, Zongwen Zhang,Jing Zhang, Ganggang Guo

65 Genome-wide analysis of the barley non-specific lipid transfer protein gene family

Mengyue Zhang, Yujin Kim, Jie Zong, Hong Lin, Anne Dievart, Huanjun Li, Dabing Zhang, Wanqi Liang

77 Genome-wide association mapping of stresstolerance traits in cotton

Heng Sun, Minghui Meng, Zhenhua Yan, Zhongxu Lin,Xinhui Nie, Xiyan Yang

89 The spike weight contribution of the photosynthetic area above the upper internode in a winter wheat under different nitrogen and mulching regimes

Wei Chen, Jingjuan Zhang, Xiping Deng

101 Timing and splitting of nitrogen fertilizer supply to increase crop yield and efficiency of nitrogen utilization in a wheat-peanut relay intercropping system in China

Zhaoxin Liu, Fang Gao, Yan Liu, Jianqun Yang, Xiaoyu Zhen, Xinxin Li, Ying Li, Jihao Zhao, Jinrong Li, Bichang Qian, Dongqing Yang, Xiangdong Li

Short Communications

113 The soft glumes of common wheat are sterile-lemmas as determined by the domestication gene Q

Gaoyuan Song, Guoliang Sun, Xingchen Kong, Meiling Jia, Ke Wang, Xingguo Ye, Yun Zhou, Shuaifeng Geng,Long Mao, Aili Li

118 Evaluation of maize inbred lines and topcross progeny for resistance to pre-harvest aflatoxin contamination

Jake C. Fountain, Hamed K. Abbas, Brian T. Scully, Hong Li, Robert D. Lee, Robert C. Kemerait, Baozhu Guo

Reviews

127 The role of genomic structural variation in the genetic improvement of polyploid crops

Sarah-Veronica Schiessl, Elvis Katche, Elizabeth Ihien,Harmeet Singh Chawla, Annaliese S. Mason

141 Genome editing opens a new era of genetic improvement in polyploid crops

Qamar U. Zaman, Chao Li, Hongtao Cheng, Qiong Hu

Research Papers

151 Development of P genome-specific SNPs and their application in tracing Agropyron cristatum introgressions in common wheat

Huihui Ma, Jinpeng Zhang, Jing Zhang, Shenghui Zhou,Haiming Han, Weihua Liu, Xinming Yang, Xiuquan Li,Lihui Li

163 Development and genetic analysis of wheat double substitution lines carrying Hordeum vulgare 2H and Thinopyrum intermedium 2Ai#2 chromosomes

Jing Wang, Chang Liu, Xianrui Guo, Ke Wang, Lipu Du,Zhishan Lin, Xingguo Ye

176 SNP-based linkage mapping for validation of adult plant stripe rust resistance QTL in common wheat cultivar Chakwal 86

Qingdong Zeng, Jianhui Wu, Shuo Huang, Fengping Yuan, Shengjie Liu, Qilin Wang, Jingmei Mu, Shizhou Yu, Li Chen, Dejun Han, Zhensheng Kang

187 Mapping of dwarfing gene Rht14 in durum wheat and its effect on seedling vigor, internode length and plant height

Parimal Vikhe, Suhasini Venkatesan, Ajit Chavan,Shubhada Tamhankar, Ravindra Patil

198 A comparative analysis of small RNAs between two Upland cotton backcross inbred lines with different fiber length: Expression and distribution

Guoyuan Liu, Man Wu, Wenfeng Pei, Xihua Li, Nuohan Wang, Jianjiang Ma, Xinshan Zang, Shuxun Yu, Jinfa Zhang, Jiwen Yu

209 Genetic variations in plant architecture traits in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) revealed by a genome-wide association study

Tianwang Wen, Baosheng Dai, Tao Wang, Xinxin Liu,Chunyuan You, Zhongxu Lin

217 Mapping loci controlling fatty acid profiles, oil and protein content by genome-wide association study in Brassica napus

Minqiang Tang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yueying Liu, Chaobo Tong, Xiaohui Cheng, Wei Zhu, Zaiyun Li, Junyan Huang,Shengyi Liu

227 Co-location of QTL for Sclerotinia stem rot resistance and flowering time in Brassica napus

Jian Wu, Peipei Chen, Qing Zhao, Guangqin Cai, Yue Hu,Yang Xiang, Qingyong Yang, Youping Wang, Yongming Zhou

238 Identification of major QTL for seed number per pod on chromosome A05 of tetraploid peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Yuning Chen, Zhihui Wang, Xiaoping Ren, Li Huang,Jianbin Guo, Jiaojiao Zhao, Xiaojing Zhou, Liying Yan,Huaiyong Luo, Nian Liu, Weigang Chen, Liyun Wan,Yong Lei, Boshou Liao, Dongxin Huai, Huifang Jiang

249 QTL mapping and QTL × environment interaction analysis of multi-seed pod in cultivated peanut(Arachis hypogaea L.)

Liang Wang, Xinlei Yang, Shunli Cui, Guojun Mu,Xingming Sun, Lifeng Liu, Zichao Li

261 Mapping QTL underlying tuber starch content and plant maturity in tetraploid potato

Jianwu Li, Yihang Wang, Guohong Wen, Gaofeng Li,Zhang Li, Rong Zhang, Sheng Ma, Jun Zhou, Conghua Xie

Issue 3

Research Papers

273 A targeted QTL analysis for fiber length using a genetic population between two introgressed backcrossed inbred lines in Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

Guoyuan Liu, Wenfeng Pei, Dan Li, Jianjiang Ma, Yupeng Cui, Nuohan Wang, Jikun Song, Man Wu, Libei Li,Xinshan Zang, Shuxun Yu, Jinfa Zhang, Jiwen Yu

283 Linkage analysis and integrated software GAPL for pure-line populations derived from four-way and eight-way crosses

Luyan Zhang, Lei Meng, Jiankang Wang

294 Identification of powdery mildew resistance loci in wheat by integrating genome-wide association study(GWAS) and linkage mapping

Genqiao Li, Xiangyang Xu, Chengcheng Tan, Brett F.Carver, Guihua Bai, Xuewen Wang, J. Michael Bonman,Yanqi Wu, Robert Hunger, Christina Cowger

307 Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals differential gene expression in resistant and susceptible tobacco cultivars in response to infection by cucumber mosaic virus

Dan Liu, Yazeng Cheng, Min Gong, Qiang Zhao, Caihong Jiang, Lirui Cheng, Min Ren, Yuanying Wang, Aiguo Yang

322 Using irrigation intervals to optimize water-use efficiency and maize yield in Xinjiang, northwest China

Guoqiang Zhang, Dongping Shen, Bo Ming, Ruizhi Xie,Xiuliang Jin, Chaowei Liu, Peng Hou, Jun Xue, Jianglu Chen, Wanxu Zhang, Wanmao Liu, Keru Wang, Shaokun Li

335 Enclosed stigma contributes to higher spikelet fertility for rice (Oryza sativa L.) subjected to heat stress

Chao Wu, Kehui Cui, Qiuqian Hu, Wencheng Wang,Lixiao Nie, Jianliang Huang, Shaobing Peng

350 Identification of a major quantitative trait locus and its candidate underlying genetic variation for rice stigma exsertion rate

Shouling Xu, Yunchao Zheng, Yang Liu, Xiaohao Guo,Yuanyuan Tan, Qiuping Qian, Qingyao Shu, Jianzhong Huang

360 Feeding of Riptortus pedestris on soybean plants, the primary cause of soybean staygreen syndrome in the Huang-Huai-Hai river basin

Kai Li, Xinxin Zhang, Jianqiu Guo, Hannah Penn, Tingting Wu, Lin Li, Hong Jiang, Lidan Chang, Cunxiang Wu, Tianfu Han

368 Developing green super rice varieties with high nutrient use efficiency by phenotypic selection under varied nutrient conditions

Zilhas Ahmed Jewel, Jauhar Ali, Yunlong Pang, Anumalla Mahender, Bart Acero, Jose Hernandez, Jianlong Xu,Zhikang Li

378 Transcriptome analysis of salt-stress response in three seedling tissues of common wheat

Qiaoling Luo, Wan Teng, Shuang Fang, Hongwei Li, Bin Li,Jinfang Chu, Zhensheng Li, Qi Zheng

393 The cotton WRKY transcription factor GhWRKY70 negatively regulates the defense response against Verticillium dahliae

Xianpeng Xiong, Shichao Sun, Yanjun Li, Xinyu Zhang, Jie Sun, Fei Xue

403 The maize late embryogenesis abundant protein ZmDHN13 positively regulates copper tolerance in transgenic yeast and tobacco

Yang Liu, Daxing Li, Qiping Song, Tianpeng Zhang,Dequan Li, Xinghong Yang

Short Communication

411 Brassinosteroid-regulated plant growth and development and gene expression in soybean

Wenchao Yin, Nana Dong, Mei Niu, Xiaoxing Zhang, Lulu Li, Jun Liu, Bin Liu, Hongning Tong

Issue 4

Research Papers

419 Rice-duck co-culture farming benefits grain 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline accumulation and quality and yield enhancement of fragrant rice

Meijuan Li, Ronghua Li, Shiwei Liu, Jia'en Zhang, Hao Luo,Shuqing Qiu

431 Physiological and genome-wide gene expression analyses of cold-induced leaf rolling at the seedling stage in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Jingfang Dong, Junliang Zhao, Shaohong Zhang, Tifeng Yang,Qing Liu, Xingxue Mao, Hua Fu, Wu Yang, Bin Liu

444 The effect of integrative crop management on root growth and methane emission of paddy rice

Hao Zhang, Hailang Liu, Danping Hou, Yilei Zhou, Mengzhu Liu, Zhiqin Wang, Lijun Liu, Junfei Gu, Jianchang Yang

458 Retrotransposon-mediated DELLA transcriptional reprograming underlies semi-dominant dwarfism in foxtail millet

Meicheng Zhao, Hui Zhi, Xue Zhang, Guanqing Jia, Xianmin Diao

469 Identification of SNP and InDel variations in the promoter and 5′ untranslated regions of γ-tocopherol methyl transferase (ZmVTE4) affecting higher accumulation of α-tocopherol in maize kernel

Abhijit Kumar Das, Rashmi Chhabra, Vignesh Muthusamy,Hema Singh Chauhan, Rajkumar Uttamrao Zunjare, Firoz Hossain

480 Effects of tridimensional uniform sowing on water consumption, nitrogen use, and yield in winter wheat

Zhiqiang Tao, Shaokang Ma, Xuhong Chang, Demei Wang,Yanjie Wang, Yushuang Yang, Guangcai Zhao, Jiancang Yang

494 Identification of QTL for kernel number-related traits in a rice chromosome segment substitution line and fine mapping of qSP1

Fuying Ma, Xiaoyan Zhu, Hui Wang, Shiming Wang, Guoqing Cui, Ting Zhang, Zhenglin Yang, Guanghua He, Yinghua Ling,Nan Wang, Fangming Zhao

504 Involvement of sulfur assimilation in the low β subunit content of soybean seed storage protein revealed by comparative transcriptome analysis

Xi Zhang, Ruixin Xu, Wei Hu, Wan Wang, Dezhi Han, Fan Zhang, Yongzhe Gu, Yong Guo, Jun Wang, Lijuan Qiu

516 Development and identification of a dwarf wheat-Leymus mollis double substitution line with resistance to yellow rust and Fusarium head blight

Jixin Zhao, Yang Liu, Xueni Cheng, Yuhui Pang, Jiachuang Li,Zhenqi Su, Jun Wu, Qunhui Yang , Guihua Bai, Xinhong Chen

527 Integrated agronomic practice increases maize grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency under various soil fertility conditions

Baoyuan Zhou, Xuefang Sun, Dan Wang, Zaisong Ding,Congfeng Li, Wei Ma, Ming Zhao

539 High-density SNP genetic linkage map construction and quantitative trait locus mapping for resistance to cucumber mosaic virus in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)

Lirui Cheng, Xiaocui Chen, Caihong Jiang, Bing Ma, Min Ren,Yazeng Cheng, Dan Liu, Ruimei Geng, Aiguo Yang

548 Identification of a novel seed size associated locus SW9-1 in soybean

Jiajia Li, Jinghui Zhao, Yinghui Li, Yali Gao, Sunan Hua,Muhammad Nadeem, Genlou Sun, Wenming Zhang, Jinfeng Hou, Xiaobo Wang, Lijuan Qiu

560 Genetic mapping of QTL for agronomic traits and grain mineral elements in rice

Gwen Iris Descalsota-Empleo, Amery Amparado, Mary Ann Inabangan-Asilo, Frances Tesoro, James Stangoulis, Russell Reinke, B.P. Mallikarjuna Swamy

Issue 5

Research Papers

573 Suppression of starch synthase I (SSI) by RNA interference alters starch biosynthesis and amylopectin chain distribution in rice plants subjected to high temperature

Qian Zhao, Xiaoxia Du, Zhanyu Han, Yu Ye, Gang Pan,Muhammad-Asad-Ullah Asad, Qifa Zhou, Fangmin Cheng

587 Fine mapping of qTGW10-20.8, a QTL having important contribution to grain weight variation in rice

Yujun Zhu, Zhenhua Zhang, Junyu Chen, Yeyang Fan,Tongmin Mou, Shaoqing Tang, Jieyun Zhuang

598 Characterization of a new hexaploid triticale 6D(6A)substitution line with increased grain weight and decreased spikelet number

Zhiyu Feng, Zhongqi Qi, Dejie Du, Mingyi Zhang, Aiju Zhao,Zhaorong Hu, Mingming Xin, Yingyin Yao, Huiru Peng, Qixin Sun, Zhongfu Ni

608 TaCML36, a wheat calmodulin-like protein, positively participates in an immune response to Rhizoctonia cerealis

Lin Lu, Wei Rong, Ronghua Zhou, Naxin Huo, Zengyan Zhang

619 Ameliorative effects of potassium on drought-induced decreases in fiber length of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) are associated with osmolyte dynamics during fiber development

Wenqing Zhao, Haoran Dong, Rizwan Zahoor, Zhiguo Zhou,John L Snider, Yinglong Chen, Kadambot H. M. Siddique,Youhua Wang

635 Exogenous application of glycine betaine improved water use efficiency in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via modulating photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidative capacity under conventional and limited irrigation conditions

Nazir Ahmed, Yushi Zhang, Ke Li, Yuyi Zhou, Mingcai Zhang,Zhaohu Li

651 Primary metabolite contents are correlated with seed protein and oil traits in near-isogenic lines of soybean

Jie Wang, Pengfei Zhou, Xiaolei Shi, Na Yang, Long Yan,Qingsong Zhao, Chunyan Yang, Yuefeng Guan

660 Draft genome sequence of a less-known wild Vigna:beach pea (V. marina cv. ANBp-14-03)

Awnindra Kumar Singh, A. Velmurugan, Debjyoti Sen Gupta,Jitendra Kumar, Ravi Kesari, Aravind Konda, Narendra Pratap Singh, Sibnarayan Dam Roy, Utpal Biswas, R. Rahul Kumar,Sanjay Singh

667 Molecular mapping and candidate gene analysis of the semi-dominant gene Vestigial glume1 in maize

Chaoxian Liu, Yuanzeng Zhao, Yang Bai, Xiaomin Lu, Weibin Song, Liping Qin, Yilin Cai

677 Deep genotyping of the gene GmSNAP facilitates pyramiding resistance to cyst nematode in soybean

Yu Tian, Bo Liu, Xuehui Shi, Jochen C. Reif, Rongxia Guan,Yinghui Li, Lijuan Qiu

685 Identifying key traits in high-yielding rice cultivars for adaptability to both temperate and tropical environments

Toshiyuki Takai, Patrick Lumanglas, Eliza Vie Simon,Arai-Sanoh Yumiko, Hidetoshi Asai, Nobuya Kobayashi

694 Mapping QTL affecting the vertical distribution and seed set of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]pods

Shiping Liu, Hong Xue, Kaixin Zhang, Ping Wang, Daiqun Su,Wenbin Li, Shichao Xu, Jianan Zhang, Zhongying Qi, Yanlong Fang, Xiyu Li, Yue Wang, Xiaocui Tian, Jie Song, Jiajing Wang, Chang Yang, Sitong Jiang, Wenxia Li, Hailong Ning

707 OstMAPKKK5, a truncated mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 5, positively regulates plant height and yield in rice

Yahui Liu, Yu Zhu, Xuding Xu, Fan Sun, Jingshui Yang, Liming Cao, Xiaojin Luo

Issue 6

Editorial

715 Breeding new cultivars for sustainable wheat production

Hongjie Li, Timothy D. Murray, Robert A. McIntosh, Yang Zhou

Reviews

718 Wheat breeding in northern China: Achievements and technical advances

Hongjie Li, Yang Zhou, Wenli Xin, Yiqin Wei, Junling Zhang,Lilei Guo

730 Breeding wheat for resistance to Fusarium head blight in the Global North: China, USA and Canada

Zhanwang Zhu, Yuanfeng Hao, Mohamed Mergoum,Guihua Bai, Gavin Humphreys, Sylvie Cloutier, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He

739 Pyramiding disease resistance genes in elite winter wheat germplasm for Western Canada

André Laroche, Michele Frick, Rob J. Graf, Jamie Larsen,John D. Laurie

750 Herbicide resistance: Development of wheat production systems and current status of resistant weeds in wheat cropping systems

Sridevi Nakka, Mithila Jugulam, Dallas Peterson, Asif Mohammad

Research Papers

761 Wheat powdery mildew resistance gene Pm64 derived from wild emmer (Triticum turgidum var. dicoccoides)is tightly linked in repulsion with stripe rust resistance gene Yr5

Deyun Zhang, Keyun Zhu, Lingli Dong, Yong Liang, Genqiao Li, Tilin Fang Guanghao Guo, Qiuhong Wu, Jingzhong Xie,Yongxing Chen, Ping Lu, Miaomiao Li, Huaizhi Zhang,Zhenzhong Wang, Yan Zhang, Qixin Sun, Zhiyong Liu

771 Positional cloning of PmCH1357 reveals the origin and allelic variation of the Pm2 gene for powdery mildew resistance in wheat

Fang Chen, Haiyan Jia, Xiaojun Zhang, Linyi Qiao, Xin Li, Jun Zheng, Huijuan Guo, Carol Powers, Liuling Yan, Zhijian Chang

784 Meta-analysis of QTL for Fusarium head blight resistance in Chinese wheat landraces

Jin Cai, Shan Wang, Zhenqi Su, Tao Li, Xianghui Zhang,Guihua Bai

799 Effects of the Fhb1 gene on Fusarium head blight resistance and agronomic traits of winter wheat

Teng Li, Hongjun Zhang, Yiwen Huang, Zhenqi Su, Yun Deng, Hongwei Liu, Chunyan Mai, Guangjun Yu, Huili Li,Liqiang Yu, Tongquan Zhu, Li Yang, Hongjie Li, Yang Zhou

809 A wheat chromosome 5AL region confers seedling resistance to both tan spot and Septoria nodorum blotch in two mapping populations

Wenjing Hu, Xinyao He, Susanne Dreisigacker, Carolina P.Sansaloni, Philomin Juliana, Pawan K. Singh

819 Comparative FISH and molecular identification of new stripe rust resistant wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium ssp. trichophorum introgression lines

Jianbo Li, Qiheng Chen, Peng Zhang, Tao Lang, Sami Hoxha,Guangrong Li, Zujun Yang

830 Diversity and sub-functionalization of TaGW8 homoeologs hold potential for genetic yield improvement in wheat

Lin Ma, Chenyang Hao, Hongxia Liu, Jian Hou, Tian Li,Xueyong Zhang

845 Assessment of the individual and combined effects of Rht8 and Ppd-D1a on plant height, time to heading and yield traits in common wheat

Kunpu Zhang, Junjun Wang, Huanju Qin, Zhiying Wei, Libo Hang, Pengwei Zhang, Matthew Reynolds, Daowen Wang

857 Integrated transcriptomics and metabolomics analyses provide insights into cold stress response in wheat

Yong Zhao, Meng Zhou, Ke Xu, Jiahao Li, Shanshan Li,Shuhua Zhang, Xueju Yang