Grain cereals such as wheat, barley, rice, and maize are the nutritional basis of humans and
animals worldwide. Thus, these crop plants are essential in terms of global food security. We …

Key message This review summarizes the allelic series, effects, interactions between genes
and with the environment, for the major flowering time genes that drive phenological …

Optimization of root system architecture (RSA) traits is an important objective for modern
wheat breeding. Linkage and association mapping for RSA in two recombinant inbred line …

Population structure analyses and genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) conducted on
crop germplasm collections provide valuable information on the frequency and distribution …

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 …

Global efforts have seen the world's plant genetic resources (PGRs) conserved in about
1625 germ plasm repositories. Utility of these resources is important in increasing the …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is among the most stress-tolerant crops; however, not much is
known about the genetic and environmental control of metabolic adaptation of barley to …

Background The genetic provenance of domesticated plants and the routes along which
they were disseminated in prehistory have been a long-standing source of debate. Much of …

Background Core collections provide genebank curators and plant breeders a way to
reduce size of their collections and populations, while minimizing impact on genetic diversity …

Sodium (Na+) accumulation in the cytosol will result in ion homeostasis imbalance and
toxicity of transpiring leaves. Studies of salinity tolerance in the diploid wheat ancestor …