Abstract Rice (Oryza sativa L.), the major staple food crop of the world, faces a severe threat
from widespread drought. The development of drought-tolerant rice varieties is considered a …

Drought differs from other natural disasters in several respects, largely because of the
complexity of a crop's response to it and also because we have the least understanding of a …

Background The identification and introgression of major-effect QTLs for grain yield under
drought are some of the best and well-proven approaches for improving the drought …

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 …

Abstract Key message Twenty-seven QTLs were identified for rice seed vigor, in which 16
were novel QTLs. Fifteen elite parental combinations were designed for improving seed …

A set of 50 rice genotypes comprising landraces, local selections, and improved varieties
were characterized using simple sequence repeat (SSR) and inter simple sequence repeat …

Exploring the elite alleles and germplasm accessions related to fiber quality traits will
accelerate the breeding of cotton for fiber quality improvement. In this study, 99 Gossypium …

Background Drought tolerance is a major challenge in breeding rice for unfavorable
environments. In this study, we used a panel of 180 Vietnamese rice landraces genotyped …

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 …

Finger millet is one of the small millets with high nutritive value. This crop is vulnerable to
blast disease caused by Pyricularia grisea, which occurs annually during rainy and winter …