Publications by authors named "Neeraj Kulshreshtha"
Wheat is one of the most important food crop cultivated across the globe which ensures sustainability and food security to massive world's population, but its production is threatened by both biotic factors like rust (caused by species) and abiotic stresses such as salinity. In this study, 41 salt-tolerant wheat lines were screened for rust resistance at both seedling and adult plant stages. Rust resistance genes were characterized through gene matching technique and molecular markers analysis.
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- The study investigates winter sprouting potential and red rot resistance in sugarcane hybrids, addressing the narrow genetic base of cultivated varieties in subtropical regions.
- The research evaluated 15 genome-introgressed hybrids against five check varieties over three years for traits associated with winter sprouting and red rot resistance, with a focus on significant hybrids like GU 12-19, which showed the highest sprouting potential.
- Findings included notable correlations between fiber content and other traits, with a principal component analysis revealing 57.6% of the total variation in characteristics, indicating the hybrids' promising performance in subtropical climates.
Background: Energy canes are viable feedstocks for biomass industries due to their high biomass production potential, lower susceptibility to insects and diseases, better ability to adapt to extreme conditions and clean bioenergy. Interspecific hybrids (ISH) and intergeneric hybrids (IGH) have great potential to meet the growing demand of biomass, biomass-derived energy and feedstock.
Results: In this study, two types of energy canes, Type I and Type II, derived from S.
Sugarcane-derived biomass is a promising source of renewable energy to meet the growing demands for biofuel. Currently, modern sugarcane cultivars are unable to provide enough biomass due to their narrow genetic base and susceptibility to abiotic and biotic stresses. We have evaluated total of 23 hybrids derived from diverse genetic backgrounds of different Saccharum spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSugarcane ( spp.) crop is vulnerable to many abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, cold and high temperature due to climate change. Over the past few decades new breeding and genomic approaches have been used to enhance the genotypic performance under abiotic stress conditions.
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