Salinity is a consistent factor of crop productivity loss in the world and in particular arid and
semi-arid areas where the soil salinity and saline water are major problems. Plants employ …

Salinity is one of the significant abiotic stresses that negatively affect plant production
processes, growth, and development, which ultimately reduce yield. Plants adapt specific …

Over-application of nitrogen fertilizer in fields has had a negative impact on both
environment and human health. Domesticated rice varieties with high nitrogen use efficiency …

Accelerating crop improvement in sorghum, a staple food for people in semiarid regions
across the developing world, is key to ensuring global food security in the context of climate …

The availability of information on the genetic diversity and population structure in wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.) breeding lines will help wheat breeders to better use their genetic …

Maize (Zea mays) originated in tropical areas and is thus susceptible to low temperatures,
which pose a major threat to maize production. Our understanding of the molecular basis of …

The need to accelerate breeding for increased yield potential and better adaptation to
drought and other abiotic stresses is an issue of increasing urgency. As the population …

Association mapping, a high-resolution method for mapping quantitative trait loci based on
linkage disequilibrium, holds great promise for the dissection of complex genetic traits. The …

Crop improvement and the dissection of complex genetic traits require germplasm diversity.
Although this necessary phenotypic variability exists in diverse maize, most research is …

Genomics research is generating new tools, such as functional molecular markers and
informatics, as well as new knowledge about statistics and inheritance phenomena that …