The renewed focus on cereal landraces is a response to some negative consequences of
modern agriculture and conventional breeding which led to a reduction of genetic diversity …

Plant landraces represent heterogeneous, local adaptations of domesticated species, and
thereby provide genetic resources that meet current and new challenges for farming in …

Modern agriculture and conventional breeding and the liberal use of high inputs has
resulted in the loss of genetic diversity and the stagnation of yields in cereals in less …

At least 75% of the world's grain production comes from the three most important cereal
crops: rice (Oryza sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum), and maize (Zea mays). However …

Spontaneous mutation and natural selection pressure have contributed immensely to the
genetic diversity of barley; a crop domesticated and grown since antiquity under diverse …

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 …

Assessing the genetic variability of plant performance under heat and drought scenarios can
contribute to reduce the negative effects of climate change. We propose here an approach …

Major global crops in high-yielding, temperate cropping regions are facing increasing
threats from the impact of climate change, particularly from drought and heat at critical …

The development of new barleys tolerant of abiotic and biotic stresses is an essential part of
the continued improvement of the crop. The domestication of barley, as in many crops …

Abiotic stress conditions such as drought, heat, or salinity cause extensive losses to
agricultural production worldwide. Progress in generating transgenic crops with enhanced …