Moss crust is the advanced stage of biological soil crusts and plays a vital role in the prevention of soil erosion and sand stabilization. In recent years, a lot of attention has been paid to these crusts because as a major component of desert vegetation, the ecology and function of biological...

The root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp. are one of the most important diseases causing organisms in direct seeded rice. In order to gain insight of differential response of susceptible and resistant rice cultivars upon nematode infection, expression of OsEDS1, OsPAD4 and OsWRKY genes involved in...

The present study employed recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from the cross between a susceptible cultivar Sonali and resistant wild relative of mungbean (Vigna radiata var. sublobota) to map molecular markers linked with mungbean yellow mosaic Indian virus (MYMIV) resistance and yield...

Teosinte Branched 1, Cycloidea, and Proliferating Cell Factors (TCP), belonging to a plant-specific transcription factors family, play versatile roles in multiple processes of plant growth and development. In the present study, 18 SiTCP genes were identified and phylogenetic analysis suggested that ...

The screening of 2000 Indian mustard accessions against white rust and phenotypic evaluation of resistant accessions to assess the nature and magnitude of genetic diversity including their agronomic potential was carried out at three locations during rabi of 2014-2016. Out of 2000 germplasm...

Marker assisted backcross breeding (MABB) is aimed at introgression of trait(s) into a popular variety to augment specific trait(s) in an otherwise popular variety. While MABB can improve a variety with respect to introgressed trait(s), it offers very little scope for improvement of other traits....

Rusts are among the most devastating fungal diseases of wheat worldwide causing major yield losses. The most effective way to control yield losses caused by rusts is by incorporating genetic resistance in wheat cultivars. In view of this, marker assisted backcrossing (MABC) was performed to...

Backcross population derived from a cross between Triticum aestivum advance breeding line PBW703 (PBW343+Lr24+Lr28+Yr10+Yr15) and Babax, a drought tolerant line from CIMMYT was used for introgression of drought tolerance QTL (quantitative trait loci) regions in a leaf and stripe rust resistant...

The present study was to analyze the changing trends of blast resistance and its relationship among rice cultivars/lines developed in 2009-2014. The information can be provided as a reference for breeders in planning breeding strategy in the future. The experimental materials included 1,195 rice...

Three experimental treatments on sprouting and decaying rates of the storages of sweet potato were studied in this research, including spraying sprouting inhibitor Isopropyl-N (3-chorophenyl) (CIPC) to the leaves at two weeks before harvest, dipping storage roots in CIPC solutions after harvest,...