Rapidly rising population and climate changes are two critical issues that require immediate
action to achieve sustainable development goals. The rising population is posing increased …

To match predicted population growth, annual food production should be doubled by 2050.
This is not achievable by current agronomical and breeding practices, due to the impact of …

Balanced feeding to livestock can effectively convert the non‐edible forage crops into
human food. Balanced output and input feeding systems further will result in greater animal …

In recent years, many efforts have been conducted to dissect the genetic basis of yield and
yield components in durum wheat thanks to linkage mapping and genome-wide association …

Marker-assisted selection (MAS) has been widely used in the last few decades in plant
breeding programs for the mapping and introgression of genes for economically important …

Wheat is one of the major staple cereal food crops in India. However, most of the wheat-
growing areas experience several biotic and abiotic stresses, resulting in poor quality grains …

Foliar fungal diseases are a serious threat to winter wheat production and climate change
appears to favor pathogens associated with leaf blotch and tan spot symptoms in the …

Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) is globally cultivated for pasta, couscous, and
bulgur production. With the changing climate and growing world population, the need to …

Stem rust of wheat (Triticum spp.), caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), is one of the
most impactful wheat diseases because of its threat to global wheat production. While …

Plant breeding has always played a vital role in crop improvement and maintaining food
security all over the world. However, in the current scenario, where there is less control over …