Publications by authors named "Fatih Cıg"
Drought poses a significant challenge to wheat production globally, leading to substantial yield losses and affecting various agronomic and physiological traits. The genetic route offers potential solutions to improve water-use efficiency (WUE) in wheat and mitigate the negative impacts of drought stress. Breeding for drought tolerance involves selecting desirable plants such as efficient water usage, deep root systems, delayed senescence, and late wilting point.
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- Drought is hurting wheat production, a major food crop, due to climate change and lack of water.
- Scientists tested the use of nano-biochar (NBC) and brassinosteroids (BR) to help wheat grow better during dry conditions.
- They found that using both NBC and BR together led to the best results, making the wheat plants taller and producing more grains compared to just using one or none.
Genome-editing (GE) is having a tremendous influence around the globe in the life science community. Among its versatile uses, the desired modifications of genes, and more importantly the transgene (DNA)-free approach to develop genetically modified organism (GMO), are of special interest. The recent and rapid developments in genome-editing technology have given rise to hopes to achieve global food security in a sustainable manner.
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