Osmolyte accumulation (OA) is frequently cited as a key putative mechanism for increasing
yields of crops subjected to drought conditions. The hypothesis is that OA results in a …

Drought, low temperature and salinity are the most important abiotic stress factors limiting
crop productivity. A genomic map of major loci and QTLs affecting stress tolerance in …

In several crops including cereals, carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) has been associated
with drought tolerance in terms of water-use efficiency and yield stability in drought-prone …

Many plant species abort a large fraction of their embryos. It has often been suggested that
embryos of genotypes that would perform worse later in life are preferentially aborted. Such …

Plants respond to environmental stress with a number of physiological and developmental
changes. Water deficit is one of the major factors limiting plant growth and development and …

Some of the empirical results obtained through the use of RFLP, AFLP, SSR and RAPD
markers in the areas of DNA fingerprinting, measurement of genetic distance and heterosis …