New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) include several new technologies for introduction of new
variation into crop plants for plant breeding, in particular the methods that aim to make …

Since its introduction in 2000, the TILLING strategy has been widely used in plant research
to create novel genetic diversity. TILLING is based on chemical or physical mutagenesis …

ABA INSENSITIVE 5 (ABI5) is a basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor which acts in
the abscisic acid (ABA) network and is activated in response to abiotic stresses. However …

TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes) is a strategy used for functional
analysis of genes that combines the classical mutagenesis and a rapid, high-throughput …

Strigolactones (SLs) are a group of plant hormones involved in many aspects of plant
development and stress adaptation. Here, we investigated the drought response of a barley …

Background We developed and characterised a highly mutagenised TILLING population of
the barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivar Golden Promise. Golden Promise is the …

Starch forms semi-crystalline, water-insoluble granules, the size and morphology of which
vary according to biological origin. These traits, together with polymer composition and …

CBP20 (Cap-Binding Protein 20) encodes a small subunit of the cap-binding complex
(CBC), which is involved in the conserved cell processes related to RNA metabolism in …

Hybrid breeding in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has the potential to deliver major yield
increases. This is a requisite to guarantee food security for increasing population demands …

Mutation breeding techniques have contributed immensely to crop improvement, by
developing and officially releasing thousands of improved crop varieties. In mutation …