The final yield of a crop is the product of growth during the growing season and a number of
developmental processes occurring throughout the life cycle of a crop, with most genes …

Ecophysiological models predict quantitative traits of one genotype in any environment,
whereas quantitative trait locus (QTL) models predict the contribution of alleles to …

A quantitative genetics approach was developed to identify the genomic regions that control
relative water content (RWC) in field-grown barley. The trait was previously demonstrated to …

A genetic linkage map has been developed for recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of the cross'
Arta'× Hordeum spontaneum 41-1. One hundred and ninety four RILs, randomly chosen …

Water stress is the main environmental factor limiting cereal yield in Mediterranean
environments. For particular regions, such as the Mediterranean basin, the agroecological …

Osmotic adjustment is one of several characters putatively associated with drought tolerance
in rice. Indica cultivars are known to have a greater capacity for osmotic adjustment than …

abstract A total of 33 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) was analyzed in 52 genotypes of
Hordeum spontaneum originally collected from two different soil types (Terra rossa and …

This paper focuses on the opportunities for increasing crop water productivity through
breeding. The first section takes a general look at water use by plants and by farmers and …

In semiarid areas, populations of cereal crop plants can be reduced by severe drought
occurring during the vegetative stage, leading to subsequent serious yield reduction. This …

Abiotic stress is responsible for significant yield losses in barley on a worldwide scale, and
yet under severe stress conditions, barley is one of the most important sources of energy for …