Publications by authors named "Siwar Assili"
Genes (Basel)
December 2018
Article Synopsis
- - The study focuses on improving grain weight (GW) in wheat through genetic analysis, identifying quantitative trait loci (QTLs) linked to GW in a specific population of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross between wild and durum wheat.
- - A significant QTL on chromosome 6A was found to enhance GW, validated through a line carrying this QTL, which showed over 8% increase in GW compared to the durum variety it was derived from.
- - The research identified a wheat gene, TtGRF4-A, as a potential candidate for GW improvement, highlighting its rare alleles in wild wheat accessions that may contribute to higher wheat yields in future breeding efforts.
