In order to investigate the effects of drought stress on germination components of barley
cultivars, a laboratory experiment was conducted in a factorial randomized complete design …

Cowpea is a nutrient-dense legume that significantly contributes to the population's diet in
sub-Saharan Africa and other regions of the world. Improving cowpea cultivars to be more …

Background Previous reports have shown that soil salinity is a growing threat to cowpea
production, and thus the need for breeding salt-tolerant cowpea cultivars. A total of 234 Multi …

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN), Heterodera glycines Ichinohe, is one of the most
devastating pathogens affecting soybean production in the US and worldwide. The use of …

Background Salinity is a major abiotic stress seriously hindering crop yield. Development
and utilization of tolerant varieties is the most economical way to address soil salinity …

Global carrot production is limited by the crop's high susceptibility to salinity stress. Not much
public research has been conducted to screen for genetic salinity stress tolerance in carrot …

Key message This is the first report on association analysis of salt tolerance and
identification of SNP markers associated with salt tolerance in cowpea. Abstract Cowpea …

The genetic basis of seed germination and seedling vigor is largely unknown in Brassica
species. We performed a study to evaluate the genetic basis of these important traits in a B …

Cowpea is a leguminous and versatile crop which provides nutritional food for human
consumption. However, salinity unfavorably reduces cowpea seed germination, thus …

IN Egypt, water deficits have dramatically increased in recent years due to over-exploitation
of this resource and other challenges. That restricts reduce or decrease its ability to …