Climate change during the last 40 years has had a serious impact on agriculture and
threatens global food and nutritional security. From over half a million plant species, cereals …

Zero hunger and good health could be realized by 2030 through effective conservation,
characterization and utilization of germplasm resources. So far, few chickpea (Cicer …

Heavy metals are an increasing problem due to contamination from human sources that and
can enter the food chain by being taken up by plants. Understanding the genetic basis of …

Growth of artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) methodology has been explosive
in recent years. In this class of procedures, computers get knowledge from sets of …

Seed dormancy and timing of its release is an important developmental transition
determining the survival of individuals, populations, and species in variable environments …

Verticillium wilt is a major threat to many crops, among them alfalfa (Medicago sativa). The
model plant Medicago truncatula, a close relative of alfalfa was used to study the genetic …

Quantitative disease resistance (QDR) is an immune response limiting the damage caused
by pathogen infection in plants. It involves the transcriptomic reprogramming of numerous …

Advances in the fields of genomics and phenomics are currently creating significant
foundations for the sustainable intensification of plant breeding initiatives targeting climate …

Plant genetic resources (PGR) are indispensable for tackling agricultural challenges
including limiting the impacts of climate change, enhancing food and nutritional security, and …

Seed dormancy and timing of its release is important developmental transition determining
the survival of individual as well as population and species. We used Medicago truncatula …