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ReviewNature communications2025

The role of pangenomics in orphan crop improvement.

Haifei Hu, Junliang Zhao, William J W Thomas, Jacqueline Batley, David Edwards

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Review in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Haifei HuRice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs & Guangdong Key Laboratory of Rice Science and Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Junliang ZhaoRice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs & Guangdong Key Laboratory of Rice Science and Technology, Guangzhou, China.
William J W ThomasSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-8704
Jacqueline BatleySchool of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5391-5824
David EdwardsSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. dave.edwards@uwa.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7599-6760

Funding

Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) DP200100762Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) DP210100296Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) LP230100351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global food security depends heavily on a few staple crops, while orphan crops, despite being less studied, offer the potential benefits of environmental adaptation and enhanced nutritional traits, especially in a changing climate. Major crops have benefited from genomics-based breeding, initially using single genomes and later pangenomes. Recent advances in DNA sequencing have enabled pangenome construction for several orphan crops, offering a more comprehensive understanding of genetic diversity. Orphan crop research has now entered the pangenomics era and applying these pangenomes with advanced selection methods and genome editing technologies can transform these neglected species into crops of broader agricultural significance.

Indexed as

Crops, AgriculturalGenome, PlantGenomicsPlant BreedingFood SecurityGene EditingGenetic Variation

Identifiers

PMID39746989
PMCPMC11696220

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