Increasing crop yields to ensure food security is a major challenge. Mutagenesis is an
important tool in crop improvement and is free of the regulatory restrictions imposed on …

Plant mutagenesis is rapidly coming of age in the aftermath of recent developments in high‐
resolution molecular and biochemical techniques. By combining the high variation of …

Abstract Background Wheat (Triticum ssp.) is an important food source for humans in many
regions around the world. However, the ability to understand and modify gene function for …

Drought is the major constraint to rice production in rainfed areas across Asia and sub-
Saharan Africa. In the context of current and predicted water scarcity, increasing irrigation is …

Plant disease resistance governed by quantitative trait loci (QTL) is predicted to be effective
against a broad spectrum of pathogens and long lasting. Use of these QTL to improve crop …

Germin and germin-like proteins (GLPs) are encoded by a family of genes found in all
plants. They are part of the cupin superfamily of biochemically diverse proteins, a …

Mutation is a heritable change in the genetic material of living organisms and therefore a
major driver of species diversity and evolution. Mutation may be spontaneous or induced …

The unpredictability of drought patterns and the inherent complexity of the physiological
responses involved have made it difficult to characterize component traits required for …

Enormous sequence information is available in public databases as a result of sequencing
of diverse crop genomes. It is important to use this genomic information for the identification …

Salt stress is a complex physiological trait affecting plants by limiting growth and productivity.
Rice, one of the most important food crops, is rated as salt‐sensitive. High‐throughput …