[HTML][HTML] Genetic improvement of wheat for drought tolerance: Progress, challenges and opportunities

T Bapela, H Shimelis, TJ Tsilo, I Mathew - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wheat production and productivity are challenged by recurrent droughts associated with
climate change globally. Drought and heat stress resilient cultivars can alleviate yield loss in …

Genetics and genomics of root system variation in adaptation to drought stress in cereal crops

MN Siddiqui, J Léon, AA Naz… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cereals are important crops worldwide that help meet food demands and nutritional needs.
In recent years, cereal production has been challenged globally by frequent droughts and …

Fall armyworm invasion in Africa: implications for maize production and breeding

C Kasoma, H Shimelis, MD Laing - Journal of Crop Improvement, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Food security and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are threatened by the recent
arrival of the fall armyworm (FAW)(Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith)(Lepidoptera …

Advances in breeding for abiotic stress tolerance in wheat

S Mondal, A Sallam, D Sehgal, S Sukumaran… - Genomic designing for …, 2021 - Springer
Wheat is a key economically important cereal crop that is consumed globally. While the
grain yield increase is steady at around 1%, it is not enough to meet the growing global …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association mapping for wheat morphometric seed traits in Iranian landraces and cultivars under rain-fed and well-watered conditions

E Rabieyan, MR Bihamta, ME Moghaddam… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Seed traits in bread wheat are valuable to breeders and farmers, thus it is important
exploring putative QTLs responsible for key traits to be used in breeding programs. GWAS …

Emmer wheat as a source for trait improvement in durum wheat: A study of general and specific combining ability

M Mohammadi, A Mirlohi, MM Majidi… - Euphytica, 2021 - Springer
Emmer wheat (Triticum. turgidum ssp. dicoccum) as an ancestor of bread and durum
wheats, can be a potential resource to restore genetic diversity in modern durum wheats. In …

[HTML][HTML] Early antioxidative response to desiccant-stimulated drought stress in field-grown traditional wheat varieties

K Dvojković, I Plavšin, D Novoselović, G Šimić, A Lalić… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Extended drought affects the production and quality of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), one of
the world's most important food crops. Breeding for increased drought resistance is …

Combining ability and gene action controlling yield and yield components in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under drought‐stressed and nonstressed conditions

L Mwadzingeni, H Shimelis, TJ Tsilo - Plant Breeding, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study determined the combining ability and gene action controlling yield and yield‐
related traits in wheat under drought‐stressed and nonstressed conditions. Twelve parents …

[PDF][PDF] Biofortification of wheat: Genetic and agronomic approaches and strategies to combat Iron and Zinc deficiency

D Sharma, P Ghimire, S Bhattarai… - International Journal of …, 2020 - academia.edu
This study delves into the comprehensive overview of different agronomic and genetic
approaches of wheat biofortification to combat iron and zinc deficiency. Secondary source of …

[PDF][PDF] Morphological, physiological and molecular markers for the adaptation of wheat in drought condition

J Iqbal - Asian Journal of Biotechnology and Genetic …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Globally wheat is most important crop and mostly grows in rainfed areas. In cereal crops,
wheat having highest protein content. In the abiotic stresses, mostly drought effects wheat …