Drought is one of the major factors limiting barley yields in many developing countries
worldwide. The identification of molecular markers linked to genes controlling drought …

In the rainfed lowlands, rice (Oryza sativa L.) develops roots under anaerobic soil conditions
with ponded water, prior to exposure to water stress and aerobic soil conditions that arise …

Despite QTL mapping being a routine procedure in plant breeding, approaches that fully
exploit data from multi-trait multi-environment (MTME) trials are limited. Mixed models have …

Despite numerous published reports of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for drought-related traits,
practical applications of such QTL in maize improvement are scarce. Identifying QTL of …

Background Drought stress is one of the major limiting factors for maize production. With the
availability of maize B73 reference genome and whole-genome resequencing of 15 maize …

Drought stress during the reproductive stage is one of the most important environmental
factors reducing the grain yield and yield stability of pearl millet. A QTL mapping approach …

Grain yield is a complex trait, strongly influenced by the environment: severe losses can be
caused by drought, a stress common in most maize-growing areas, including temperate …

Abstract Leaf growth and Anthesis–Silking Interval (ASI) are the main determinants of source
and sink strengths of maize via their relations with light interception and yield, respectively …

Drought is a serious problem in many parts of the world where wheat, barley and other small-
grained cereals are part of the staple diets. Even in parts of South-eastern Europe, seasonal …

Abstract Key Message Twelve major QTL in five optimal clusters and several epistatic QTL
are identified for maize kernel size and weight, some with pleiotropic will be promising for …