Publications by authors named "E Mica"
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- Wheat grain yield is influenced by multiple factors, particularly spike fertility, which modern breeding methods have enhanced through domestication and genetic advances.
- Researchers studied 110 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from two distinct wheat types to explore the genetic factors behind spike fertility traits.
- They identified 94 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) linked to various yield components, focusing on a significant QTL on chromosome 5B, potentially containing unknown genes related to spike fertility and revealing areas for future research on improving wheat yield.*
Climate change poses a major threat to global food security, significantly reducing crop yields as cause of abiotic stresses, and for boosting the spread of new and old pathogens and pests. Sustainable crop management as a route to mitigation poses the challenge of recruiting an array of solutions and tools for the new aims. Among these, the deployment of positive interactions between the micro-biotic components of agroecosystems and plants can play a highly significant role, as part of the agro-ecological revolution.
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- Domesticated rice is highly sensitive to salinity, whereas its wild ancestor exhibits better tolerance to salt stress.
- A study compared the responses of three rice types to 80 mM NaCl for 7 days, finding that the wild accession was the most resilient, preserving plant health and stability.
- The Italian variety Vialone Nano showed significant stress and poor growth response, whereas Baldo displayed moderate salt tolerance, making it a promising candidate for breeding salt-resistant rice.
Background: In viticulture, rootstock genotype plays a critical role to improve scion physiology, berry quality and to adapt grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) to different environmental conditions. This study aimed at investigating the effect of two different rootstocks (1103 Paulsen - P - and Mgt 101-14 - M) in comparison with not grafted plants - NGC - on transcriptome (RNA-seq and small RNA-seq) and chemical composition of berry skin in Pinot noir, and exploring the influence of rootstock-scion interaction on grape quality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe domestication of wild emmer wheat led to the selection of modern durum wheat, grown mainly for pasta production. We describe the 10.45 gigabase (Gb) assembly of the genome of durum wheat cultivar Svevo.
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