Physiological Adaptation to Water Salinity in Six Wild Halophytes Suitable for Mediterranean Agriculture.

Owing to the high interspecific biodiversity, halophytes have been regarded as a tool for understanding salt tolerance mechanisms in plants in view of their adaptation to climate change. The present study addressed the physiological response to salinity of six halophyte species common in the Mediterranean area: , and . A 161-day pot experiment was conducted, watering the plants with solutions at increasing NaCl concentration (control, 100, 200, 300 and 600 mM).

Data on seed germination using LED versus fluorescent light under growth chamber conditions.

The present investigation attempted to assess the influence of two light sources, LED versus fluorescent light, on seed germination of nine aromatic species belonging to the genus , , , , , and . Pre-germination test was carried out in petri dishes, evidencing the need to overcome seed dormancy through cold stratification in . Thereafter, seeds were germinated in small trays with peat moss substrate in two growth chambers illuminated with either LED or fluorescent light featuring similar photosynthetic photon flux density.

A high-density, SNP-based consensus map of tetraploid wheat as a bridge to integrate durum and bread wheat genomics and breeding.

Consensus linkage maps are important tools in crop genomics. We have assembled a high-density tetraploid wheat consensus map by integrating 13 data sets from independent biparental populations involving durum wheat cultivars (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum), cultivated emmer (T.

Real-time quantification of wild-type contaminants in glyphosate tolerant soybean.

Background: Trait purity is a key factor for the successful utilization of biotech varieties and is currently assessed by analysis of individual seeds or plants. Here we propose a novel PCR-based approach to test trait purity that can be applied to bulk samples. To this aim the insertion site of a transgene is characterized and the corresponding sequence of the wild-type (wt) allele is used as diagnostic target for amplification.