With the inevitable risk posed by global climate change to crop yield and ever increasing
demands of agricultural production, crop improvement techniques have to be more precise …

The use of mutagens in plant breeding is used to create new germplasm, increase
agricultural yield, quality, and resistance to diseases and pests. Mutagens are physical or …

Across the globe, plant breeders of different organizations are working in collaboration to
bring preferred traits to crops of economic importance. Among the traits,“high yielding …

Peanut is an important oilseed and food crop worldwide; however, the development of new
cultivars is limited by its remarkably low genetic variability. Therefore, in order to enhance …

To increase genetic variability within a crop, several plant breeding methods are followed.
One of the main methods is cross breeding with which the breeder tries to combine the …

Trigonella foenum graecum L.(Fenugreek) is a valuable medicinal plant cultivated for
decades for its therapeutic characteristics. Still no pronounced improvement concerning wild …

Unique variants are desired in the development of genetically improved crops to meet
farmer and market needs hence ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) was used to induce genetic …

Mango is one of the most important fruit crops having long juvenile phase which is often
resulting into poor land use efficiency and economic returns. In order to improve the …

Pulse crops are the primary source of dietary proteins for the predominantly vegetarian
population of the country and complement the carbohydrate-rich cereals in ensuring …

Background As the inflorescence of wheat, spike architecture largely determines grain
productivity. Dissecting the genetic basis for the spike morphology of wheat can contribute to …