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Breeding Finger Millet for Biotic Stress Resistance
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.), commonly cultivated in countries with semiarid and tropical climate like India, can be a potential contributor...
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Breeding Barnyard Millet for Biotic Stress Resistance
Barnyard Millet (Echinochloa frumentacea L.) has been an underutilized crop and has got a very scanty focus from agriculturists as well as...
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Breeding Proso Millet for Biotic Stress Resistance
Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum), one of the nutria-cereals which is renowned for its hardiness, ability to withstand drought, and short growing...
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Characterization of the powdery mildew resistance locus in wheat breeding line Jimai 809 and its breeding application
Powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici ( Bgt ), is a severe disease that affects the yield and quality of wheat. Popularization of...
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Management and breeding for rust resistance in legumes
Rust diseases are a major concern in legume production worldwide causing heavy losses especially in develo** countries that depend on grain legumes...
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Evaluation Methods for Preharvest Sprouting Resistance in Japanese Wheat Breeding Programs
Different methodologies have been applied for the selection of preharvest sprouting resistance in cereal breeding programs. We describe here a series...
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Breeding strategies for late blight resistance in potato crop: recent developments
Late blight (LB) is a serious disease that affects potato crop and is caused by Phytophthora infestans . Fungicides are commonly used to manage this...
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Breeding for black rot resistance in grapevine: advanced approaches for germplasm screening
Crop improvement by means of traditional or molecular breeding is a key strategy to accomplish the European Green Deal target of reducing pesticides...
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Breeding for durable resistance against biotrophic fungal pathogens using transgenes from wheat
Breeding for resistant crops is a sustainable way to control disease and relies on the introduction of novel resistance genes. Here, we tested three...
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Mutation Breeding and Efficiency Enhancing Technologies for Resistance to Striga in Cereals
This open access book is a compilation of protocols developed through a Coordinated Research Project of the Joint FAO/IAEA Center of Nuclear...
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Genetic parameters of husk spot resistance in macadamia breeding families
Husk spot caused by the Pseudocercospora macadamiae fungus induces premature abscission of fruit in many industry standard macadamia cultivars....
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Breeding for root-knot nematode resistance in fruiting Solanaceous vegetable crops: a review
Rootâknot nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp.) are the major group of plant parasitic nematodes impeding the cultivation of fruiting Solanaceous vegetable...
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Breeding Wheat for Powdery Mildew Resistance
Powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici) is one of the diseases of wheat and causes economic loss in wheat production. Powdery mildew can be...
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Winter Rye Varieties That Can Be Used as Sources of Resistance against Fungal Diseases in Phytoimmunity Breeding
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to identify new sources of nonspecific resistance against most harmful diseases for the purposes of winter rye...
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Dry Root Rot in Chickpea: A Perspective on Disease Resistance Breeding Strategies
Chickpea is an essential crop nutritionally rich in protein and grown around the world, generally in rain-fed condition. Dry root rot (DRR) is an...
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Genetic Breeding, Disease Resistance and Immunity
Natural susceptibility or resistance of fish towards various pathogens (viral, bacterial, parasitic, fungal) may involve a range of anatomical,...
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Breeding for Resistance in Vegetables Against Meloidogyne Species Causing Root Gall Disease
Worldwide, scientists and farmers are struggling to increase productivity and agriculture sustainability to produce more food for people. Vegetable...
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Next-Generation Crop Breeding Approaches for Improving Disease Resistance in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
Breeding programs across the globe focus on improving the groundnut/peanut yield, quality, and resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses. Diseases...
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Ascochyta Blight of Chickpea: A Menace to Be Managed by Resistance Breeding
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is cultivated in more than 50 countries and is one of the most valued legumes due to its nutritional content. Ascochyta...
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Burning questions for fire blight research. II. Critical next steps in disease management and in host resistance breeding of apple and pear
Fire blight is a devastating disease of apple and pear worldwide. One reason fire blight is so difficult to manage is because of the lack of...
