A roadmap for gene functional characterisation in wheat

Abstract

Research in Arabidopsis and other model species has uncovered mechanisms regulating important biological processes in plants. With the advent of high quality functional genomic resources in wheat it is now possible to use this knowledge for crop improvement directly in wheat. In the current review, we describe some of the recent developments in wheat genomics focussing on published and publicly available resources and tools. We lay out a roadmap on how to make use of them and include a case study to exemplify them. We hope this review will be a helpful guide for plant scientists who already work on wheat or who are considering expanding their research into wheat.