Genetic diversity, conservation, and utilization of plant genetic resources

RK Salgotra, BS Chauhan - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant genetic resources (PGRs) are the total hereditary material, which includes all the
alleles of various genes, present in a crop species and its wild relatives. They are a major …

Insight into the molecular breeding research status for crop improvement in India: prospects and achievements

A Zadokar, P Kumar, A Kumar, R Sharma - Plant Molecular Biology …, 2023 - Springer
The development of molecular marker technology in the 1980s changed the fate of plant
breeding and greatly complemented crop improvement. The information generated from …

Application of potassium nitrate and salicylic acid improves grain yield and related traits by delaying leaf senescence in Gpc-B1 carrying advanced wheat genotypes

MJ Tanin, A Sharma, H Ram, S Singh… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Grain protein content (GPC) is an important quality trait that effectively modulates end-use
quality and nutritional characteristics of wheat flour-based food products. The Gpc-B1 gene …

Meta-analysis reveals consensus genomic regions associated with multiple disease resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

DK Saini, A Chahal, N Pal, P Srivastava, PK Gupta - Molecular Breeding, 2022 - Springer
Abstract In wheat, meta-QTLs (MQTLs) and candidate genes (CGs) were identified for
multiple disease resistance (MDR). For this purpose, information was collected from 58 …

Wheat stripe rust resistance locus YR63 is a hot spot for evolution of defence genes – a pangenome discovery

A Mackenzie, M Norman, M Gessese, C Chen… - BMC Plant …, 2023 - Springer
Background Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), poses a threat to
global wheat production. Deployment of widely effective resistance genes underpins …

Meta-QTLs for multiple disease resistance involving three rusts in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

N Pal, I Jan, DK Saini, K Kumar, A Kumar… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Key message In wheat, multiple disease resistance meta-QTLs (MDR-MQTLs) and
underlying candidate genes for the three rusts were identified which may prove useful for …

Meta-QTLs and candidate genes for stripe rust resistance in wheat

I Jan, G Saripalli, K Kumar, A Kumar, R Singh… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In bread wheat, meta-QTL analysis was conducted using 353 QTLs that were available from
earlier studies. When projected onto a dense consensus map comprising 76,753 markers …

Pyramiding of genes for grain protein content, grain quality, and rust resistance in eleven Indian bread wheat cultivars: A multi-institutional effort

PK Gupta, HS Balyan, P Chhuneja, JP Jaiswal… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Improvement of grain protein content (GPC), loaf volume, and resistance to rusts was
achieved in 11 Indian wheat cultivars that are widely grown in four different agro-climatic …

Marker assisted improvement for leaf rust and moisture deficit stress tolerance in wheat variety HD3086

VP Sunilkumar, H Krishna, NB Devate… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There is a significant yield reduction in the wheat crop as a result of different biotic and
abiotic stresses, and changing climate, among them moisture deficit stress and leaf rust are …

Marker-assisted selection for transfer of QTLs to a promising line for drought tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

VP Sunilkumar, H Krishna, NB Devate… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Wheat crop is subjected to various biotic and abiotic stresses, which affect crop productivity
and yield. Among various abiotic stresses, drought stress is a major problem considering the …