Identification of novel QTL governing root architectural traits in an interspecific soybean population.

Cultivated soybean (Glycine max L.) cv. Dunbar (PI 552538) and wild G.

RNAi-mediated disruption of squalene synthase improves drought tolerance and yield in rice.

About one-third of the world's rice area is in rain-fed lowlands and most are prone to water shortage. The identification of genes imparting tolerance to drought in the model cereal plant, rice, is an attractive strategy to engineer improved drought tolerance not only rice but other cereals as well. It is demonstrated that RNAi-mediated disruption of a rice farnesyltransferase/squalene synthase (SQS) by maize squalene synthase improves drought tolerance at both the vegetative and reproductive stages.

Physiological and molecular approaches to improve drought resistance in soybean.

Drought stress is a major constraint to the production and yield stability of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.].