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Genetic gains in IRRI’s rice salinity breeding and elite panel development as a future breeding resource
Key messageEstimating genetic gains and formulating a future salinity elite breeding panel for rice pave the way for develo** better high-yielding...
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Genome-wide dissection of changes in maize root system architecture during modern breeding
Appropriate root system architecture (RSA) can improve maize yields in densely planted fields, but little is known about its genetic basis in maize....
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Advancement in modern breeding and genomic approaches to accelerate rice improvement: speed breeding focus
Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) is a common staple food widely cultivated and consumed globally. The increase in world population and slow genetic gain in...
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Plant breeding for harmony between sustainable agriculture, the environment, and global food security: an era of genomics‐assisted breeding
Main conclusionGenomics-assisted breeding represents a crucial frontier in enhancing the balance between sustainable agriculture, environmental...
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Modulation of histone acetylation enables fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding
Hybrid rice has achieved high grain yield and greatly contributes to food security, but the manual-labour-intensive hybrid seed production process...
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How urbanization and industrialization shape breeding bird species occurrence in coastal Mediterranean oasis system
Urban sprawl and atmospheric pollution have a tremendous impact on the environment and threatenthe survival of wildlife. Understanding the response...
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Using drone-retrieved multispectral data for phenomic selection in potato breeding
Predictive breeding approaches, like phenomic or genomic selection, have the potential to increase the selection gain for potato breeding programs...
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Applied Genomics in Poplar: Innovative Breeding
Poplar species (Populus spp.) are appreciated by diverse industries such as pulp and paper, lumber, veneer, plywood, and composite panels production,...
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Mixed-species system and native vegetation cover shape bee community in tomato crops
ContextChanges in landscape structure resulting from intensive land use along with low plant diversity in agroecosystems can negatively affect...
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Rolling front landscape breeding
Forest tree breeding must undergo significant revisions to adapt to the evolving challenges posed by climate change. Addressing the shifts in...
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Breeding biology of the African Pygmy Falcon: long-term variation and seasonal decline in breeding performance of an arid zone raptor
Birds of prey are apex predators and understanding their life history can serve as a valuable baseline for investigating their ecological role. Pygmy...
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Genomics Assisted Breeding Strategy in Flax
Genomic selection (GS) or genomic prediction (GP) is a type of marker-assisted selection that relies on genome-wide markers to predict...
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Computational tools for plant genomics and breeding
Plant genomics and crop breeding are at the intersection of biotechnology and information technology. Driven by a combination of high-throughput...
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Characteristics of breeding habitat, genetic mating system, and determinants of male mating success in the sponge-dwelling goby Elacatinus lori
AbstractDetermining the patterns and causes of variation in reproductive success is key to understanding mating systems and sexual selection, but...
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Mulberry Breeding for Higher Leaf Productivity
Mulberry (Morus spp. L.) is the sole food plant for mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori L). It is a perennial, heterozygous, fast growing and hardy plant...
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Implementation of different relationship estimate methodologies in breeding value prediction in kiwiberry (Actinidia arguta)
In dioecious crops such as Actinidia arguta (kiwiberries), some of the main challenges when breeding for fruit characteristics are the selection of...
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Maintenance Breeding
Most germplasm improvement aims at enhancing genetic gains or overall crop productivity. While maintaining the genetic purity and breeding value of...
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Wheat Breeding
Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a major staple rabi cereal contributing about 20% calories to the human diet and important cereal for ensuring food and...
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Realized Genetic Gain in Rice: Achievements from Breeding Programs
Genetic improvement is crucial for ensuring food security globally. Indeed, plant breeding has contributed significantly to increasing the...
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Surviving amid the Saharan sands: first breeding record and nesting ecology of the Mallard in the Algerian Sahara
We report the first breeding occurrence of Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos ) in the northern Algerian Sahara, focusing on nesting ecology in the Kef...
