Assessing and exploiting functional diversity in germplasm pools to enhance abiotic stress adaptation and yield in cereals and food legumes

SL Dwivedi, A Scheben, D Edwards… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
There is a need to accelerate crop improvement by introducing alleles conferring host plant
resistance, abiotic stress adaptation, and high yield potential. Elite cultivars, landraces and …

[HTML][HTML] Physio-Biochemical and Microsatellite Based Profiling of Lowland Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Landraces for Osmotic Stress Tolerance

R Roychowdhury, J Karmakar, J Karmakar… - American Journal of …, 2013 - scirp.org
Global climate changes accelerate a wide range of abiotic stresses leading to a series of
physiological, biochemical and molecular changes that adversely affect the growth and …

Molecular Breeding for Improving Flooding Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives

RK Sarkar, JN Reddy, SR Das - Molecular Breeding for Rice …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Flooding affects different growth stages of rice, starting from germination to maturity. The
impact of flooding varies at various growth stages. Germination is severely inhibited due to …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of submergence stress responses and mining allelic variations of submergence tolerance gene Sub1A in Sri Lankan rice germplasm

T Kariyawasam, D Nanayakkara, A Sumanarathna… - 2023 - dl.nsf.gov.lk
The development of submergence tolerant (ST) rice cultivars is a priority in rice breeding
programmes globally, as floods significantly curtail rice production. Sub1A is the major …

[PDF][PDF] allelic variations of submergence tolerance gene Sub1A in Sri Lankan rice germplasm1.

T Kariyawasam, D Nanayakkara, A Sumanarathna… - www. nsf. gov. lk, 2023 - nsf.ac.lk
The development of submergence tolerant (ST) rice cultivars is a priority in rice breeding
programmes globally, as floods significantly curtail rice production. Sub1A is the major …

Use of Biotechnology for Crop Improvement in Sri Lanka: Current Status and Future Prospects

PCG Bandaranayake - … Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri …, 2020 - Springer
Crop production needs to be increased locally and globally to assure food and nutritional
security of the growing population while reducing its impact on the environment …