The major abiotic and biotic stresses that adversely affect yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum
L.) include drought, heat, fusarium wilt, ascochyta blight and pod borer. Excellent progress …

Key message CSSLs are a complete library of introgression lines with chromosomal
segments of usually a distant genotype in an adapted background and are valuable genetic …

The wild species of the genus Oryza serve as a virtually untapped reservoir of genetic
diversity that can be used to improve the world's most important food crop—rice. The genus …

Wild species of rice (genus Oryza) contain many useful genes but a vast majority of these
genes remain untapped to date because it is often difficult to transfer these genes into …

The wild relatives of rice contain a virtually untapped reservoir of traits that can be used help
drive the 21st century green revolution aimed at solving world food security issues by 2050 …

Progress in plant breeding depends on the development of genetic resources, genetic
knowledge, and breeding techniques. The core of plant breeding is the use of naturally …

Rice is one of the most important crops in the world. The wild species of rice are expected to
have novel beneficial alleles that have been lost from cultivated rice during the process of …

Chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) are useful tools for precise mapping of
quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and the evaluation of gene action and interaction in inter …

Grain size is a key factor influencing grain yield and appearance quality in rice. We identified
twelve quantitative trait loci (QTL) for grain length (GL), nine for grain width (GW), and nine …

To develop and characterize introgression lines for leaf and neck blast resistance, 326
introgression lines were developed using various accessions of six different AA genome …