Climate change is a major threat to most of the agricultural crops grown in tropical and sub-
tropical areas globally. Drought stress is one of the consequences of climate change that …

Understanding the genetic complexity of traits is an important objective of small grain
temperate cereals yield and adaptation improvements. Bi-parental quantitative trait loci …

Drought is a devastating environmental constraint affecting the agronomic production of
barley. To facilitate the breeding process, abundant germplasm resources and reliable …

Barley seeds need to be able to germinate and establish seedlings in saline soils in
Mediterranean-type climates. Despite being a major cereal crop, barley has few reported …

Genome-wide association study (GWAS) and genomic prediction (GP) are extensively
employed to accelerate genetic gain and identify QTL in plant breeding. In this study, 1,317 …

Lentil plays an important role for food and nutritional security. It is a sustainable source of
protein, zinc, iron, prebiotic carbohydrates, and diverse health-promoting nutrients. This crop …

There is a pressing need to improve climate-resilient crops as a consequence of
increasingly erratic climatic behavior that threatens global food security. Current scientific …

Waterlogging is one of the main abiotic stresses severely reducing barley grain yield. Barley
breeding programs focusing on waterlogging tolerance require an understanding of genetic …

Background Stomata are tiny pores on the leaf surface that are central to gas exchange.
Stomatal number, size and aperture are key determinants of plant transpiration and …

The basal resistance of barley to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei) is a
quantitatively inherited trait that is based on nonhypersensitive mechanisms of defense. A …