Mutations with deleterious consequences in nature may be conditionally deleterious in crop
plants. That is, while some genetic variants may reduce fitness under wild conditions and be …

Recent advances in next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have led the surge of
genomic resources for the improvement legume crops. Advances in high throughput …

Genetic progress for forage quality has been poor in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), the most-
grown forage legume worldwide. This study aimed at exploring opportunities for marker …

Unlike most of the important food crops, sesame can survive drought but severe and
repeated drought episodes, especially occurring during the reproductive stage, significantly …

Abstract Uniconazole (S-(+)-uniconazole), a plant growth retardant, exerts key roles in
modulating growth and development and increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants …

Water-use efficiency (WUE) is the ratio of biomass produced per unit of water consumed;
thus, it can be altered by genetic factors that affect either side of the ratio. In the present …

Core Ideas Variations in 16 seedling traits under normal and drought conditions were
investigated. Extremely resistant and sensitive accessions were identified for future …

Key message We attempted to identify genomic regions controlling forage yield and nutritive
value in alfalfa. Several candidate genes and associated genetic markers were identified …

In the current context of food security, increasing plant protein production in a sustainable
manner represents one of the major challenges of agronomic research, which could be …

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) with small effects, which are pervasive in quantitative phenotypic
variation, are difficult to detect in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). To improve their …