Climate change gives rise to numerous environmental stresses, including soil salinity.
Salinity/salt stress is the second biggest abiotic factor affecting agricultural productivity …

Highly efficient and accurate selection of elite genotypes can lead to dramatic shortening of
the breeding cycle in major crops relevant for sustaining present demands for food, feed …

An increase in the rate of crop improvement is essential for achieving sustained food
production and other needs of ever-increasing population. Genomic selection (GS) is a …

Wider and more profitable legume crop cultivation is an indispensable step for the
agroecological transition of global agri-food systems but represents a challenge especially …

Well-performing genomic prediction (GP) models for polygenic traits and molecular marker
sets for oligogenic traits could be useful for identifying promising genetic resources in …

Future European agriculture should achieve high productivity while limiting its impact on the
environment. Legume-supported crop rotations could contribute to these goals, as they …

Drought is increasingly frequent in the context of climate change and is considered a major
constraint for crop yield. Water scarcity can impair growth, disturb plant water relations and …

Addressing the challenges of climate change and durum wheat production is becoming an
important driver for food and nutrition security in the Mediterranean area, where are located …

Legumes are extremely valuable because of their high protein content and several other
nutritional components. The major challenge lies in maintaining the quantity and quality of …

Genomic selection (GS) uses associations between markers and phenotypes to predict the
breeding values of individuals. It can be applied early in the breeding cycle to reduce the …