Background Bread wheat is one of the most important crops in the world. Its domestication
coincides with the beginning of agriculture and since then, it has been constantly under …

Key message The review outlines past failures, present status and future prospects of hybrid
wheat, and includes information on CMS/CHA/transgenic approaches for male sterility …

Genomic selection offers several routes for increasing the genetic gain or efficiency of plant
breeding programmes. In various species of livestock, there is empirical evidence of …

Forest tree breeding efforts have focused mainly on improving traits of economic importance,
selecting trees suited to new environments or generating trees that are more resilient to …

Key message Simultaneous improvement of protein content and grain yield by index
selection is possible but its efficiency largely depends on the weighting of the single traits …

Grain quality traits determine the classification of registered wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
varieties. Although environmental factors and crop management practices exert a …

The aim of the this study was to identify SNP markers associated with five important wheat
quality traits (grain protein content, Zeleny sedimentation, test weight, thousand-kernel …

Roots, the hidden half of crop plants, are essential for resource acquisition. However,
knowledge about the genetic control of below‐ground plant development in wheat, one of …

Key message Genomic selection shows great promise for pre-selecting lines with superior
bread baking quality in early generations, 3 years ahead of labour-intensive, time …

Key message Predictabilities for wheat hybrids less related to the estimation set were
improved by shifting from single-to multiple-trait genomic prediction of Fusarium head blight …