Conventional breeding techniques for crop improvement have reached their full potential,
and hence, alternative routes are required to ensure a sustained genetic gain in lentils …

The development of micronutrient dense rice varieties with good agronomic traits is one of
the sustainable and cost-effective approaches for reducing malnutrition. Identification of …

Background Heading date is crucial for rice reproduction and geographic expansion. Many
heading date genes are sensitive to photoperiod and jointly regulate flowering time in rice …

Epistasis refers to nonallelic interaction between genes that cause bias in estimates of
genetic parameters for a phenotype with interactions of two or more genes affecting the …

Key message Combined linkage analysis and association mapping identified genomic
regions associated with yield and drought tolerance, providing information to assist breeding …

Context The majority of investigations on mechanisms underlying yield difference between
superior and conventional cultivars has focused on the grain-filling stage after anthesis …

Because high temperatures impair rice production, it is desirable to elucidate the regulatory
mechanisms involved in rice response to heat stress. The objectives of this study were to …

Abstract Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) has been a challenge for complex traits
due to the use of populations with narrow genetic base. Most of QTL mapping studies were …

Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) is one of the important warm-season food legumes,
contributing substantially to nutritional security and environmental sustainability. The genetic …

Identification of high Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) phenotypes has been a long-standing
challenge in breeding rice and sustainable agriculture to reduce the costs of nitrogen (N) …