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ReviewNature genetics2025

Toward improving multiomic research in understudied cereals.

Fanjing Yang, Xiaojiao Gong, Pan Zhao, Lingtong Cheng, Yujie Zhang, Yingting Luo, Qian-Hao Zhu, Chu-Yu Ye

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Review in Nature genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. LIDB: A multi-omics database ofBioinformation · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Fanjing YangInstitute of Crop Science, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-9638-9064
Xiaojiao GongInstitute of Crop Science, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3893-3205
Pan ZhaoInstitute of Crop Science, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Lingtong ChengInstitute of Crop Science, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Yujie ZhangInstitute of Crop Science, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-8577-8198
Yingting LuoInstitute of Crop Science, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Qian-Hao ZhuCSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6505-7417
Chu-Yu YeInstitute of Crop Science, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. yecy@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0903-0356

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation) LR24C130001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the looming challenges of climate change and population pressure, understudied cereals hold notably untapped potential for future global food security and sustainable agriculture due to their unique nutritional profiles and notable stress resilience. Multiomics holds great promise in realizing the value of understudied cereals by understanding the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms regulating their unique traits; however, multiomic studies of understudied cereals still lag behind those of major cereals, hindering their genetic improvement and wide adoption in modern agriculture. Here, we discuss the limitations and challenges in multiomic studies of understudied cereals and how they can be overcome to enhance utilization of the traits unique to understudied cereals in improving both themselves and major cereals. We also offer a database specific to understudied cereals, including multiomics data from 12 understudied cereals and wild relatives for some of these, to serve the community.

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Edible GrainGenome, PlantGenomicsAgricultureCrops, AgriculturalPlant BreedingQuantitative Trait Loci

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