Climate change during the last 40 years has had a serious impact on agriculture and
threatens global food and nutritional security. From over half a million plant species, cereals …

Agricultural production faces a Herculean challenge to feed the increasing global
population. Food production systems need to deliver more with finite land and water …

Breeders have been successful in increasing crop performance by exploiting genetic
diversity over time. However, the reported annual yield increases are not sufficient in view of …

Background Cold stress is the main abiotic stress in rice, which seriously affects the growth
and yield of rice. Identification of cold tolerance genes is of great significance for rice to solve …

Protein disulfide isomerases are thiol oxidoreductase chaperones from thioredoxin
superfamily. As redox folding catalysts from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), their roles in …

Quantitative genetics has a long history in plants: It has been used to study specific
biological processes, identify the factors important for trait evolution, and breed new crop …

Salt toxicity is the major factor limiting crop productivity in saline soils. In this paper, 295
accessions including a heuristic core set (137 accessions) and 158 bred varieties were re …

The consumption of resistant starch (RS), which can increase satiety and reduce calorie
intake, may help ameliorate lifestyle‐related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and …

Background Chloroplast genome variations have been detected, despite its overall
conserved structure, which has been valuable for plant population genetics and evolutionary …

The inter relationships between the two progenitors is interesting as both wild relatives are
known to be the great untapped gene reservoirs. The debate continues on granting a …