Investigating the genetic basis of salt-tolerance in common bean: a genome-wide association study at the early vegetative stage.

Salinity poses a significant challenge to global crop productivity, affecting approximately 20% of cultivated and 33% of irrigated farmland, and this issue is on the rise. Negative impact of salinity on plant development and metabolism leads to physiological and morphological alterations mainly due to high ion concentration in tissues and the reduced water and nutrients uptake. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Development and Application of a Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence Marker () Linked to the Locus Conferring Resistance to in Pepper ( L.).

causes destructive disease in several crop species, including pepper ( L.). Resistance in this species is physiologically and genetically complex due to many virulence phenotypes and different QTLs and R genes among the identified resistance sources.

A method for obtaining flexible broccoli varieties for sustainable agriculture.

Background: The use of high inputs in agriculture resulted in few varieties (hybrids and pure lines) used in all agricultural systems. Also varieties of vegetables, including broccoli, for organic and low-input agriculture, are almost exclusively hybrids, since there are very few specific breeding programs and varieties for sustainable agriculture systems. A strategy to overcome this issue is the adoption of specific breeding programs for developing heterogeneous varieties (i.

Soil Selenium (Se) Biofortification Changes the Physiological, Biochemical and Epigenetic Responses to Water Stress in L. by Inducing a Higher Drought Tolerance.

Requiring water and minerals to grow and to develop its organs, Maize ( L.) production and distribution is highly rainfall-dependent. Current global climatic changes reveal irregular rainfall patterns and this could represent for maize a stressing condition resulting in yield and productivity loss around the world.

Iron deficiency in barley plants: phytosiderophore release, iron translocation, and DNA methylation.

All living organisms require iron (Fe) to carry out many crucial metabolic pathways. Despite its high concentrations in the geosphere, Fe bio-availability to plant roots can be very scarce. To cope with Fe shortage, plants can activate different strategies.