Rice plays a paramount role in food and nutrition security in many West African countries.
Despite the doubling of production during the last decade, rice consumption has grown …

Simple Summary Globally, soil salinity, which refers to salt-affected soils, is increasing due
to various environmental factors and human activities. Soil salinity poses one of the most …

Background Asian cultivars were predominantly represented in global rice panel selected
for sequencing and to identify novel alleles for drought tolerance. Diverse genetic resources …

Rice drought resistance is a complicated quantitative feature involving a range of biological
and agronomic variables, but little is known about the underlying genetics and regulatory …

Phenomics technologies have advanced rapidly in the recent past for precision phenotyping
of diverse crop plants. High-throughput phenotyping using imaging sensors has been …

Blackgram (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) is an important tropical and sub-tropical short-duration
legume that is rich in dietary protein and micronutrients. Producing high-yielding blackgram …

Abstract Background Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important cereal
food crops for the global population. Spike-layer uniformity (the consistency of the spike …

Crop wild relatives host unique adaptation strategies that enable them to thrive across a
wide range of habitats. As pressures from a changing climate mount, a more complete …

Gamma-tocopherol methyltransferase (γ-TMT), a key gene in the vitamin E biosynthesis
pathway, significantly influences the accumulation of tocochromanols, thereby determining …

Globally pearl millet production is severely hampered by low moisture stress during crop
season affecting economic yield drastically especially in the dry ecologies. Though …