Reactive nitrogen (N) plays a pivotal role in supplying N to plants and soil microbes, but it
has negative environmental impacts through influencing the quality of water and air, which …

Crops are often cultivated in regions where they will face environmental adversities;
resulting in substantial yield loss which can ultimately lead to food and societal problems …

This paper describes two joint linkage–linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping approaches:
parallel mapping (independent linkage and LD analysis) and integrated mapping (datasets …

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 …

To increase genetic gain for tolerance to drought, we aimed to identify environmentally
stable QTL in per se and testcross combination under well-watered (WW) and drought …

We characterized phenotypic variation for root traits in 256 Zea spp. accessions, including
maize landraces and Z. mays L. subsp. huehuetenangensis (HH Iltis & Doebley) Doebley …

One of the major quantitative trait loci for flowering time in maize, the Vegetative to
generative transition 1 (Vgt1) locus, corresponds to an upstream (70 kb) noncoding …

Key message QTL were identified for root architectural traits in maize. Abstract Root
architectural traits, including the number, length, orientation, and branching of the principal …

The response of plants to drought stress is very complex and involves expression of a lot of
genes and pathways for diverse mechanisms and interactions with environments. Many …

Continuous discoveries in plant and crop physiology have resulted in an abundance of new
information since the publication of the second edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop …