Key Message Increased efficiencies achieved in different steps of DH line production offer
greater benefits to maize breeding programs. Abstract Doubled haploid (DH) technology has …

Quantitative genetics has a long history in plants: It has been used to study specific
biological processes, identify the factors important for trait evolution, and breed new crop …

Background Corn borers constitute an important pest of maize around the world; in particular
Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, named Mediterranean corn borer (MCB), causes important …

Stem borers (Lepidoptera) are common cereal pests. In many parts of the world, the species
Ostrinia nubilalis and Sesamia nonagrioides stand out as important insect pests of …

Androgenesis, which entails cell fate redirection within the microgametophyte, is employed
widely for genetic gain in plant breeding programs. Moreover, androgenesis-responsive …

Abstract Background The cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important oil and
food crop in the world. Pod-and kernel-related traits are direct factors involved in …

The recent invasion, rapid spread, and widescale destruction of the maize crop by the fall
armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)) is likely to worsen the food insecurity …

Climate change will lead to increasing heat stress in the temperate regions of the world. The
objectives of this study were the following:(I) to assess the phenotypic and genotypic …

Understanding genetic architecture of hybrid performances is important for species showing
heterosis. Giraud et al. evaluated an... Several plant and animal species of agricultural …

Doubled haploid (DH) technology produces strictly homozygous fertile plant thanks to
doubling the chromosomes of a haploid embryo/seedling. Haploid embryos are derived from …