Optimized gamma radiation produces physiological and morphological changes that improve seed yield in wheat.

Unlabelled: To study the effect of gamma radiation on various morphological and agronomic characters of bread wheat ( L.), seeds were subjected to different gamma radiation doses; and selected M and M generation lines were evaluated. The optimum doses to induce desirable changes in bread wheat were 100-200 Gy.

Association analysis between agronomic traits and AFLP markers in a wide germplasm of proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) under normal and salinity stress conditions.

Background: Proso millet is a highly nutritious cereal considered an essential component of processed foods. It is also recognized with high water-use efficiency as well as short growing seasons. This research was primarily aimed at investigating the genetic diversity among genotypes based on evaluating those important traits proposed in previous researches under both normal and salinity- stress conditions.

Study of QTLs linked to awn length and their relationships with chloroplasts under control and saline environments in bread wheat.

Introduction: Some studies in wheat showed that awns may have a useful effect on yield, especially under drought stress. Up to this time few researches has identified the awn length QTLs with different effect in salinity stress.

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to examine the additive (a) and the epistatic (aa) QTLs involve in wheat awns length in control and saline environments.

Wheat stem reserves and salinity tolerance: molecular dissection of fructan biosynthesis and remobilization to grains.

Fructan accumulation and remobilization to grains under salinity can decrease dependency of the wheat tolerant cultivar on current photosynthesis and protect it from severe yield loss under salt stress. Tolerance of plants to abiotic stresses can be enhanced by accumulation of soluble sugars, such as fructan. The current research sheds light on the role of stem fructan remobilization on yield of bread wheat under salt stress conditions.

Comparative proteomic and physiological characterisation of two closely related rice genotypes with contrasting responses to salt stress.

Salinity is a limiting factor affecting crop growth. We evaluated the responses of a salt-tolerant recombinant inbred rice (Oryza sativa L.) line, FL478, and the salt-sensitive IR29.

Physiology and proteome responses of two contrasting rice mutants and their wild type parent under salt stress conditions at the vegetative stage.

Salinity is one of the major environmental limiting factors that affects growth and productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.) worldwide. Rice is among the most sensitive crops to salinity, especially at early vegetative stages.