Rice (Oryza sativa) grain shape is a key determinant of grain yield and market values.
Facilitated by advancements in genomics and various molecular markers, more than 400 …

Occurrence of chalkiness in rice is attributed to genetic and environmental factors, especially
high temperature (HT). The HT induces heat stress, which in turn compromises many grain …

Achieving increased grain productivity has long been the overriding focus of cereal breeding
programs. The ideotype approach has been used to improve rice yield potential at the …

The basic premise of high yield in rice is to improve leaf photosynthetic efficiency and
coordinate the source–sink relationship in rice plants. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to …

Background Improving yield and yield-related traits is the crucial goal in breeding
programmes of cereals. Meta-QTL (MQTL) analysis discovers the most stable QTLs …

Abstract Key Message Twelve major QTL in five optimal clusters and several epistatic QTL
are identified for maize kernel size and weight, some with pleiotropic will be promising for …

Selection for drought-tolerant cereal varieties has successfully moved to screening for grain
yield under stress. Grain yield is the culmination of the process of grain filling, which in turn …

Panicle length (PL) is an important trait for improving panicle architecture and grain yield in
rice (Oryza sativa L.). Three populations were used to identify QTLs and candidate genes …

To explore wild barley as a source of useful alleles for yield improvement in breeding, we
have carried out a genome-wide association scan using the nested association mapping …

Salinity is one of the major abiotic stresses limiting rice production worldwide.
Understanding the genetic basis of salinity tolerance is key for rice breeding. In this study, a …