Characterization of 14 Triticum species for the NAM-B1 gene and its associated traits.

Background: Wheat grain protein, zinc (Zn), and iron (Fe) content are important wheat qualities crucial for human nutrition and health worldwide. Increasing these three components simultaneously in wheat grains by a single gene came into the picture through NAM-B1 cloning. NAM-B1 gene and its association with the mentioned grain quality traits have been primarily studied in common and durum wheat and their progenitors T.

Drought adaptability of different subspecies of tetraploid wheat (Triticum turgidum) under contrasting moisture conditions: Association with solvent retention capacity and quality-related traits.

Few prior efforts have been made to investigate the genetic potential of different subspecies of Triticum turgidum for drought tolerance and their quality-related traits compared with common wheat (Triticum aestivum) and to identify the association among agronomic, micronutrients, and quality-related traits, especially under climate change conditions. In this research, grain quality, technological properties of flour, and some agronomic traits were studied in 33 wheat genotypes from six different subspecies of Triticum turgidum along with three cultivars of Triticum aestivum in the field, applying a well-watering (WW) and a water stress (WS) environment during two growing seasons. A high degree of variation was observed among genotypes for all evaluated traits, demonstrating that selection for these traits would be successful.

Combined foliar application of Zn and Fe increases grain micronutrient concentrations and alleviates water stress across diverse wheat species and ploidal levels.

This study aimed to examine the reaction of several wheat species with different ploidy levels to foliar application of zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) under different water regimes. Thirty-five wheat genotypes, including nineteen tetraploids from ten different species, ten hexaploids from five species, and six diploids from three species, were evaluated in the field over two moisture regimes with the following four treatments: control, foliar Zn application, foliar Fe application, and foliar Zn + Fe application. The experiments were conducted according to a split-plot scheme in a randomized complete block design with two replications in each moisture regime.