Environmental pollution of heavy metals (HMs), mainly due to anthropogenic activities, has
received growing attention in recent decades. HMs, especially the non-essential …

Food safety has emerged as a high-urgency matter for sustainable agricultural production.
Toxic metal contamination of soil and water significantly affects agricultural productivity …

In wheat, a meta-analysis was performed using previously identified QTLs associated with
drought stress (DS), heat stress (HS), salinity stress (SS), water-logging stress (WS), pre …

Acid soils occupy approximately 50% of potentially arable lands. Improving crop productivity
in acid soils, therefore, will be crucial for ensuring food security and agricultural …

Due to anthropogenic activities, environmental pollution of heavy metals/metalloids (HMs)
has increased and received growing attention in recent decades. Plants growing in HM …

Background Grain number per spike (GNS) is a pivotal determinant of grain yield in wheat.
Pubing 3228 (PB3228), a wheat-Agropyron cristatum germplasm, exhibits a notably higher …

Aluminum (Al) is a concentration-dependent toxic metal found in the crust of earth that has
no recognized biological use. Nonetheless, the mechanism of Al toxicity to submerged …

The first man-made cereal grain triticale merges the yield and quality potential of wheat with
tolerance of rye against environmental stresses. To find the traits with the greatest impact on …

Finding the suitable traits that mediate grain yield under stress condition represent an
important challenge to plant breeders in order to improve production. Meaningful progress in …

Background Biomass yield is an important trait for wheat breeding programs. Enhancing the
yield of the aerial components of wheat cultivars will be an integral part of future wheat …