Wheat is one of the major staple food crops grown worldwide; however, productivity in
cereal crops has not kept pace with the world population growth. A significant increase in …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Background Plant non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) are encoded by multigene
families and possess physiological functions that remain unclear. Our objective was to …

In wheat and barley, several generations of selectable molecular markers have been
included in the genetic maps; and a large number of qualitative and quantitative traits were …

We present here the annotation of the complete genome of rice Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica
cultivar Nipponbare. All functional annotations for proteins and non-protein-coding RNA …

Background Ramie fiber, extracted from vegetative organ stem bast, is one of the most
important natural fibers. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of the vegetative growth …

MicroRNA (miRNA)-target gene modules are essential components of plants' abiotic stress
signalling pathways Little is known about the drought-responsive miRNA-target modules in …

ABSTRACT A deeper understanding of the drought response and genetic improvement of
the cultivated crops for better tolerance requires attention because of the complexity of the …

Background Wheat grains accumulate a variety of low molecular weight proteins that are
inhibitors of alpha-amylases and proteases and play an important protective role in the …

Main conclusion Enhanced levels of endogenous melatonin in the root of wheat, mainly
through the OMT1 gene, augment the antioxidant system, reestablish redox homeostasis …