The rhizosphere microbiome is pivotal for plant health and growth, providing defence
against pests and diseases, facilitating nutrient acquisition and helping plants to withstand …

The renewed focus on cereal landraces is a response to some negative consequences of
modern agriculture and conventional breeding which led to a reduction of genetic diversity …

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is one of the oldest cultivated plants grown for its
leaves and seeds that are used for both culinary and medicinal purpose. This study aims to …

Background Genetic diversity is the main source of variability in any crop improvement
program. It serves as a reservoir for identifying superior alleles controlling key agronomic …

The world's population is expected to grow to almost 10 billion by 2050, placing
unprecedented demands on agriculture and natural resources. The risk in food security is …

Drought is the most challenging abiotic stress for rice production in the world. Thus,
developing new rice genotype tolerance to water scarcity is one of the best strategies to …

One hundred forty one basmati rice genotypes collected from different geographic regions of
North Western Himalayas were characterized using 40 traits linked microsatellite markers …

Transformed root cultures (TRC) are used to mass produce arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM)
fungal propagules in vitro. These propagules are then used in research, agriculture, and …

Assessment of genetic diversity in a crop germplasm is a vital part of plant breeding. DNA
markers such as microsatellite or simple sequence repeat markers have been widely used …

In the present study, we tested rice genotypes that included un (der) exploited landraces of
Tamil Nadu along with indica and japonica test cultivars to ascertain their genetic diversity …