Elite cultivated crop gene pools of the Triticeae tribe (wheat, barley and rye) exhibit limited
genetic diversity, raising concerns about our ability to increase or simply sustain crop yield …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), with a large genome (16000 Mb) and high proportion (∼ 80%)
of repetitive sequences, has been a difficult crop for genomics research. However, the …

Winter wheats require several weeks at low temperature to flower. This process,
vernalization, is controlled mainly by the VRN1 gene. Using 6,190 gametes, we found VRN1 …

More than 50 leaf rust resistance (Lr) genes against the fungal pathogen Puccinia triticina
have been identified in the wheat gene pool, and a large number of them have been …

We report the map-based cloning of the leaf rust resistance gene Lr21, previously mapped
to a generich region at the distal end of chromosome arm 1DS of bread wheat (Triticum …

In wheat, race‐specific resistance to the fungal pathogen powdery mildew (Blumeria
graminis f. sp. tritici) is controlled by the Pm genes. There are 10 alleles conferring …

Iron deficiency is among the most common nutritional disorders in plants. To cope with low
iron supply, plants with the exception of the Gramineae increase the solubility and uptake of …

In hexaploid wheat, leaf rust resistance gene Lr1 is located at the distal end of the long arm
of chromosome 5D. To clone this gene, an F 1-derived doubled haploid population and a …

Gene mapping and marker‐assisted selection in complex, polyploid genomes still relies
strongly on restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, as conversion of …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …