Wheat is grown worldwide in diverse geographical regions, environments, and production
systems. Although many diseases and pests are known to reduce grain yield potential and …

Kernel texture of wheat is a primary determinant of its technological properties. Soft kernel
texture phenotype results when the Puroindoline a and Puroindoline b genes are present …

Wheat is an important cereal food crop providing key nutrients to humankind. Rusts are the
most destructive pathogens of cereal crops, with the exception of rice, across the world and …

Wheat hardness has major consequences for the entire wheat supply chain from breeders
and millers over manufacturers to, finally, consumers of wheat‐based products. Indeed …

Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) have diverse structures, varied modes of actions, and can
inhibit the growth of a wide range of pathogens at low concentrations. Plants are constantly …

The puroindoline proteins (PINA and PINB) of wheat display lipid-binding properties which
affect the grain texture, a critical parameter for wheat quality. Interestingly, the same proteins …

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plays a major role among the few crop species being
extensively grown as staple food sources. As the human population grows, new methods …

The puroindoline genes (Pina and Pinb) are the functional components of the common or
bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain hardness locus that are responsible for kernel …

Antimicrobial proteins, and especially antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) hold great promise in
the control of animal and plant diseases with low risk of pathogen resistance. The two …

The puroindoline (PIN) proteins in the wheat grain are considered the primary genetic basis
of texture. Their lipid-binding nature that enables an effect on texture is also likely related to …