Rice yield is subjected to severe losses due to adverse effect of a number of stress factors.
The most effective method of controlling reduced crop production is utilization of host …

Genetic improvement in drought tolerance in rice is the key to save water for sustainable
agriculture. Drought tolerance is a complex trait and involves interplay of a vast array of …

In this study, the positive role of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) pretreatment in mitigating the
adverse impacts of seawater stress has been evaluated in two wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) …

Marker-assisted breeding is a very useful tool for breeders but still lags behind its potential
because information on the effect of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) in different genetic …

This study evaluated the physiological responses and genetic diversity of selected short-
grain aromatic rice landraces of Northern Eastern Ghats of India to multiple abiotic stresses …

Indigenous folk rice cultivars often possess remarkable but unrevealed potential in terms of
nutritional attributes and biotic stress tolerance. The unique cooking qualities and blissful …

Proso millet (Panicummiliaceum) has highwater use efficiency (WUE), a short growing-
season, and is highly adapted to a semi-arid climate. Genomic resources for proso millet are …

The effects of three bacterial isolates ('Pseudomonas putida','P. fluorescens' and'Bacillus
subtilis') of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria were investigated to improve the growth of …

Jatropha curcas (Jatropha) is an oil-producing plant with multiple uses, especially the great
potential of energy application. Germplasm collection and evaluation are essential for …

Background Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) validation and large-scale genotyping
are required to maximize the use of DNA sequence variation and determine the functional …