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ChromaX: a fast and scalable breeding program simulator
The Python library ChromaX offers breeders and scientists new opportunities to simulate genetic gain and optimize resource allocation in breeding programs.
Michaela Jung honoured for contribution to fruit culture
Michaela Jung, a postdoc in a joint project of the Fruit Breeding Group at Agroscope and the Molecular Plant Breeding Group at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Professor Albert Soenen Prize for her doctoral thesis. She developed genomic approaches that make apple breeding more efficient. The award ceremony will take place on 12 June 2024 in Belgium.
Kyuss v2.0 – THE reference genome sequence for perennial ryegrass
Ultra-long ONT reads with Hi-C enabled the generation of a nearly perfect genome assembly of Kyuss, a doubled haploid perennial ryegrass genotype.
Candidate genes for bacterial wilt resistance in Italian ryegrass
High-resolution bulked segregant analysis revealed a ~300 kb region associated with resistance to Xanthomonas translucens pv. graminis.
High genomic plasticity and unique features of Xanthomonas translucens pv. graminis
Complete genome sequences revealed a high level of chromosomal rearrangements and to identify features potentially involved in pathogenicity.