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Lemon balm and kidney bean intercrop**: the potential for incorporating AMF for sustainable agricultural production
This study investigated the effects of different crop** patterns and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation on the productivity of kidney bean and the essence quantity and quality of lemon balm. The ...
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Open AccessA comprehensive analysis of Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) gene for salinity tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Soil salinity affects various crop cultivation but legumes are the most sensitive to salinity. Osmotic stress is the first stage of salinity stress caused by excess salts in the soil on plants which adversely ...
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Comparison of zinc and iron uptake among diverse wheat germplasm at two phosphorus levels
Sustainable agriculture requires a reduction in the use of phosphate fertilizers, but this may affect root architecture and the uptake of other elements, such as zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe). We compared genotypic ...
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Open AccessAlien chromosome segment from Aegilops speltoides and Dasypyrum villosum increases drought tolerance in wheat via profuse and deep root system
Recurrent drought associated with climate change is a major constraint to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) productivity. This study aimed to (i) quantify the effects of addition/substitution/translocation of chromoso...
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Open AccessGABA (γ-aminobutyric acid), as a thermo-protectant, to improve the reproductive function of heat-stressed mungbean plants
Rising global temperatures are proving to be detrimental for the agriculture. Hence, strategies are needed to induce thermotolerance in food crops to sustain the food production. GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid), a ...
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Reproductive fitness in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under drought stress is associated with root length and volume
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important grain legume crop, and drought stress during its reproductive stages affects flowering and pod-filling process. Mitigating drought stress requires the selection...
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Molecular breeding approaches involving physiological and reproductive traits for heat tolerance in food crops
Heat stress is a significant threat that limits crop yield and fecundity all over the world. Prevalent strategies for heat adaptation that alter technical and management systems are inadequate to sustain yield...
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Identification of genome regions controlling cotyledon, pod wall/seed coat and pod wall resistance to pea weevil through QTL map**
Pea weevil, Bruchus pisorum, is one of the limiting factors for field pea (Pisum sativum) cultivation in the world with pesticide application the only available method for its control. Resistance to pea weevil ha...
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Allelopathy and Crop Nutrition
Allelopathy, the natural phenomenon of production and release of secondary metabolites and interaction(s) among organisms, is a subject of diverse significance and applications in plant sciences. Other than th...
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Allelopathy and Abiotic Stress Interaction in Crop Plants
Global climate models predict the increase in daily mean temperature, changed patterns of precipitation, increase in episodes of drought, and floods in future, the abiotic stresses, all posing threats to crop ...
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Faba bean genomics: current status and future prospects
Faba bean represents a crucial source of protein for food, especially for Mediterranean countries, and local demand for faba bean grains is increasing. The crop is also gaining increased attention as an elite ...
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Drought Stress in Plants: An Overview
Drought is one of the major constraints limiting crop production worldwide. Crop growth models predict that this issue will be more severe in future. Drought impairs normal growth, disturbs water relations, an...
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Chickpea evolution has selected for contrasting phenological mechanisms among different habitats
Arguably the most important adaptive criterion in annual crops is appropriate phenology that minimizes exposure to climatic stresses and maximizes productivity in target environments. To date this has been ach...
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Development of screening techniques and identification of new sources of resistance to Ascochyta blight disease of chickpea
Effective controlled-environment and field screening techniques were developed and refined to identify resistance to Ascochyta blight (AB), caused by Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labr. in chickpea. A controlled envir...
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Map** a major gene for growth habit and QTLs for ascochyta blight resistance and flowering time in a population between chickpea and Cicer reticulatum
Ascochyta blight is a devastating disease of chickpea. Breeders have been trying to introduce resistance from wild Cicer into cultivated chickpea, however, the effort is hampered by the frequent genetic drag of u...
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Leaf type is not associated with ascochyta blight disease in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
The three major leaf types in chickpea are normal compound leaf, simple leaf and multipinnate. Simple leaf types are less commonly cultivated worldwide and are often reputed to be susceptible to ascochyta blig...
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Identification of duplicates and fingerprinting of primary and secondary wild annual Cicer gene pools using AFLP markers
Wild annual Cicer gene pools contain valuable germplasm for chickpea improvement programs. Previous research showed that duplication might exist in accessions collected from these gene pools, which would hinder c...
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Diallel analyses reveal the genetic control of resistance to ascochyta blight in diverse chickpea and wild Cicer species
Ascochyta blight is a major fungal disease affecting chickpea production worldwide. The genetics of ascochyta blight resistance was studied in five 5 × 5 half-diallel cross sets involving seven genotypes of ch...
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Embryo rescue and plant regeneration in vitro of selfed chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and its wild annual relatives
The main constraint to the transfer of desired traits into cultivated chickpea from wild Cicer relatives is the presence of post-zygotic barriers which result in abortion of the immature embryo following interspe...
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Adaptation of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and faba bean (Vicia faba L.) to Australia
In the last 20 years chickpea and faba bean have become major pulse crops in Australia. They are grown during winter over a latitudinal range which extends from 10–40° S for chickpea, and 20–40° S for faba bea...
