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Breeding for Spot Blotch Resistance in Wheat
Spot blotch is an important fungal disease caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana which affects wheat crop in South Asia and South America. This disease...
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Breeding Programs
The germplasm of Rubus is highly diverse and has important features for cultivated plant improvement, such as resistance to diseases and pests....
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Improving growth, omega-3 contents, and disease resistance of Asian seabass: status of a 20-year family-based breeding program
Aquaculture has been one of the fastest-growing sectors in agriculture and plays an important role in supplying high quality proteins for humans....
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A new challenge in melon resistance breeding: the ToLCNDV case
Tomato leaf curl New Dehli virus (ToLCNDV) is a whitefly transmitted plant virus that is affecting European melon cultivation for over a decade....
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Multi-omics assisted breeding for biotic stress resistance in soybean
Biotic stress is a critical factor limiting soybean growth and development. Soybean responses to biotic stresses such as insects, nematodes, fungal,...
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Breeding for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses and Quality Traits in Chilli
The Capsicum genus originated in Central America and includes approximately 35 species, which includes five domesticated species (C. annuum, C....
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Marker-Assisted Breeding for Soybean Mosaic Virus Resistance in Soybean (Glycine max)
The soybean (Glycine max) is a major legume crop for meeting the nutritional needs of both humans and animals. However, several diseases disturb...
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Introgression of blast and bacterial blight disease resistance genes in a rice genotype ADT43 through marker assisted back cross breeding
Bacterial Leaf Blight ( Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae ) and blast ( Magnaporthe oryzae ) are the major biotic stresses around the rice-growing zones of...
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Genetic and genomic approaches for breeding rust resistance in wheat
Wheat rusts are considered major biotic stresses due to immense yield losses incurred by the rust pathogens. Continuous incursions and evolution...
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Breeding for disease resistance in soybean: a global perspective
Key messageThis review provides a comprehensive atlas of QTLs, genes, and alleles conferring resistance to 28 important diseases in all major soybean...
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Pyramiding wheat pre-harvest sprouting resistance genes in triticale breeding
Pre -harvest sprouting (PHS) is an important problem in cereal production reducing yield and grain quality. After decades of improvement, triticale...
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Breeding an early maturing, blast resistance water-saving and drought-resistance rice (WDR) cultivar using marker-assisted selection coupled with rapid generation advance
The japonica water-saving and drought-resistance rice ( Oryza sativa L.) (WDR) cultivar Huhan 9 harbors genes for resistance to rice blast ( Magnaporthe...
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New sources of downy mildew resistance in cauliflower and their prospects in resistance breeding
204 genotypes of cauliflower were screened against downy mildew (DM) through challenge inoculation during 2019–20 and 2020–21 and 12 genotypes were...
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LCVD resistance breeding in heat tolerant bell pepper: Combined phenotypic and marker-assisted backcrossing for introgression of LCVD resistance from hot pepper
Hot pepper ( Capsicum annuum var. annuum ) and bell pepper ( C. annuum var. grossum ) are the important crops of the Solanaceae family. In the present...
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Pyramiding of blast and bacterial blight resistance genes in premium quality rice variety, BRRI dhan63 through marker-assisted breeding approach
Rice blast and bacterial blight diseases are the global threat for rice production. To develop blast and bacterial blight resistant lines, two blast...
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A major yellow rust resistance QTL on chromosome 6A shows increased frequency in recent Norwegian spring wheat cultivars and breeding lines
Key messageA major yellow rust resistance QTL, QYr.nmbu.6A , contributed consistent adult plant resistance in field trials across Europe, China,...
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Soybean Breeding for Rust Resistance
Among several pathogens that can impair soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) production from the beginning of the planting to the harvest, Phakopsora...
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Understanding tobamovirus-plant interactions: implications for breeding resistance to tomato brown rugose fruit virus
The genus Tobamovirus comprises a group of single-stranded RNA viruses that affect a wide variety of vegetables of economic importance. Tobamoviruses...
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Molecular Breeding for Resistance against Phytophthora in Soybean
Soybean is a leading oilseed crop and contribute to a major part of the economy in many countries. However, soybean is affected by several diseases,...
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Breeding Proso Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) for Abiotic Stress Resistance
Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is an annual cereal crop known for its historical significance. This millet is decent provenance of energy,...