At the turn of 2000 many authors envisioned future plant breeding. Twenty years after, which
of those authors' visions became reality or not, and which ones may become so in the years …

Durum wheat is one of the most important cultivated cereal crops, providing nutrients to
humans and domestic animals. Durum breeding programs prioritize the improvement of its …

Abiotic stress strongly affects yield-related traits in durum wheat, in particular drought is one
of the main environmental factors that have effect on grain yield and plant architecture. In …

After a basic description of the different sets of genetic tools and genomic approaches most
relevant for modern crop breeding (eg, QTL mapping, GWAS and genomic selection; …

In recent years, many efforts have been conducted to dissect the genetic basis of yield and
yield components in durum wheat thanks to linkage mapping and genome-wide association …

Durum wheat is a staple food in the Mediterranean Basin, mostly cultivated under rainfed
conditions. As such, the crop is often exposed to moisture stress. Therefore, the identification …

Durum wheat is the most relevant cereal for the whole of Mediterranean agriculture, due to
its intrinsic adaptation to dryland and semi-arid environments and to its strong historical …

Drought stress seriously challenges wheat production and productivity. Grain biomass (GB)
and related traits were assessed under drought stress and non‐stress for 285 and 185 …

Key message Simultaneous improvement for GY and GPC by using GWAS and GBLUP
suggested a significant application in durum wheat breeding. Abstract Despite the …

In wheat, major yield losses are caused by a variety of diseases including rusts, spike
diseases, leaf spot and root diseases. The genetics of resistance against all these diseases …