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QTL-seq and marker development for resistance to head splitting in cabbage
Head splitting is a major physiological disease in cabbage. The most effective approach for controlling head splitting is to deploy genetic...
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Breeding of cabbage lines resistant to both head splitting and fusarium wilt via an isolated microspore culture system and marker-assisted selection
Develo** new cabbage varieties resistant to head splitting and cabbage fusarium wilt (CFW) has become a high priority in breeding programs. To...
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Starvation resistance in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus requires a conserved supplementary nuclear receptor
Nuclear hormone receptors (NHRs) are a deeply-conserved superfamily of metazoan transcription factors, which fine-tune the expression of their...
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Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistance in Mulberry
Mulberry has several economic uses and all parts of the plant have one or another use and the leaves are used as a sole food for monophagous silkworm...
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Genome editing for resistance against plant pests and pathogens
The conventional breeding of crops struggles to keep up with increasing food needs and ever-adapting pests and pathogens. Global climate changes have...
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The defense response in seedling roots of two wheat cultivars with contrasting resistance to Fusarium crown and root rot disease
Fusarium culmorum (Fc) is a hemibiotrophic plant fungal pathogen that causes crown and root rot disease in wheat. In this study, for the first time,...
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Prediction of withdrawal resistance for a screw in hybrid cross-laminated timber
The aim of this study was to predict the withdrawal resistance of a screw in hybrid cross-laminated timber (CLT) composed of two types of lamina...
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Experimental study of lateral resistance of bolted joints using Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) treated with resin impregnation
The development of wooden joints possessing high resistance performance has become an important issue for the construction of newer buildings. This...
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Effects of decay on the shear properties of nailed joints parallel and perpendicular to the grain
Information on the properties of nailed joints with decayed member is necessary to evaluate the remaining structural properties of timber...
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Stem and Bulb Nematodes in Agricultural Crops and Their Management by Biological and Biotechnological Methods
The stem and bulb nematode, Ditylenchus dipsaci is a voracious pathogen of crops and displays a broad host range. It has been designated a quarantine...
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Neutral buoyancy and the static perception of upright
The perceptual upright results from the multisensory integration of the directions indicated by vision and gravity as well as a prior assumption that...
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Chillies and Capsicums in India
Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) is an important spice crop with high commercial value owing to its bioactive compounds in fruits such as capsaicinoids...
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Cycling, Swimming and Other Forms of Locomotion on Land and in Water
This chapter is on other forms of human locomotion. In the first part, assisted locomotion on land in treated. Most attention is paid to cycling, the...
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Separation of the effects of two reduced height (Rht) genes and genomic background to select for less Fusarium head blight of short-strawed winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties
Key messageFHB resistance shared pleiotropic loci with plant height and anther retention. Genomic prediction allows to select for genomic background...
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CRISPR/Cas-mediated germplasm improvement and new strategies for crop protection
Global agriculture and food security are encountering unprecedented challenges from both the ever-growing population and rapidly changing climate...
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Impact of the Brassica oleracea Genome on Breeding and Crop Improvement
Brassica oleracea is one of the world’s most valuable vegetable species, making an important contribution to the global human diet. The species has...
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Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Banana
Banana and plantains provide nutrition and food security and are the most important traded fruits with export value higher than any other fruit...
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The Apricot Genome
Apricot originated in China and the historical records of apricot cultivation is more than 3600 years ago with archaeological results. It was first...
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Diseases and insect pests challenge to meet wood production demand of Tectona grandis (L.), a high-value tropical tree species
Tectona grandis L. (teak) is one of the cherished heritage tropical hardwood species that belongs to the Lamiaceae family. It is a large deciduous...
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Recent advances in development and utilization of double haploids (DHs) in economically important vegetable crops
Vegetable crops are important source of different nutrients and become a keystone in the balanced diets of every household by increasing the health...
