Plant breeding can be pivotal to produce new grassland varieties with better adaptation to
changes in seasonal pattern and increased variability of temperature, precipitation and …

Purpose Wheat is an important cereal crop that is cultivated in different parts of the world.
The biotic stresses are the major concerns in wheat-growing nations and are responsible for …

In perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L), annual and seasonal dry matter yield (DMY) and
nutritive quality of herbage are high-priority traits targeted for improvement through selective …

Key message Breeding target traits can be broadened to include nutritive value and plant
breeder's rights traits in perennial ryegrass by using in-field regression-based spectroscopy …

Co-expression of diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase (DGAT1) and a lipid droplet-stabilizing
protein called Cys-oleosin (collectively 'HME'technology) increases foliar lipid …

Zinc (Zn) deficiency is a major risk factor for human health, affecting about 30% of the world's
population. To study the potential of genomic selection (GS) for maize with increased Zn …

Forage plant breeding aims to deliver cultivars that increase on-farm productivity through
improved seasonal and annual yield, persistence of yield in perennials, and nutritive and …

In wheat, genomic prediction accuracy (GPA) was assessed for three micronutrient traits
(grain iron, grain zinc, and β‐carotenoid concentrations) using eight Bayesian regression …

Background Self-incompatibility (SI) systems prevent self-fertilization in several species of
Poaceae, many of which are economically important forage, bioenergy and turf grasses. Self …

Although the use of heterosis in maize breeding has increased crop productivity, the genetic
causes underlying heterosis for nitrogen (N) use efficiency (NUE) have been insufficiently …