Geneticists and breeders are positioned to breed plants with root traits that improve
productivity under drought. However, a better understanding of root functional traits and how …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is one of the main crops cultivated all over the world. As for
other cereals, throughout the centuries barley was subjected by human breeding to genetic …

The microbiota thriving in the rhizosphere, the thin layer of soil surrounding plant roots, plays
a critical role in plant's adaptation to the environment. Domestication and breeding selection …

Determining the extent of genetic variation that reflects local adaptation in crop-wild relatives
is of interest for the purpose of identifying useful genetic diversity for plant breeding. We …

Plant resource‐use traits are generally hypothesized to be adaptively differentiated for
populations distributed along resource gradients. Although nutrient limitations are expected …

Drought causes important losses in crop production every season. Improvement for drought
tolerance could take advantage of the diversity held in germplasm collections, much of …

In plants, the circadian system controls a plethora of processes, many with agronomic
importance, such as photosynthesis, photoprotection, stomatal opening, and photoperiodic …

Background The evolutionary basis of reproductive success in different environments is of
major interest in the study of plant adaptation. Since the reproductive stage is particularly …

The morphology of ancient cereal grains in Central Asia has been heavily discussed as an
indicator of specific genetic variants, which are often linked to cultural factors or distinct …

Background Wild barley is adapted to highly diverse environments throughout its
geographical distribution range. Transcriptome sequencing of differentially adapted wild …