Three grass species, Agropyron desertorum (Agde) and Agropyron elongatum (Agel) and recently, Bromus tomentellus (Brto) are mainly used for range improvement as mixed seeding in semi-arid areas of Iran. Because there is little information about management of these grasses, this study was conducted at the Sisab Research Station in northern Iran to evaluate their responses to grazing management a...

The transcriptome of Thinopyrum elongatum under water deficit stress was analyzed using RNA-Seq technology. The results showed that genes involved in processes of amplification of stress signaling, reductions in oxidative damage, creation of protectants, and roots development were expressed differently, which played an important role in the response to water deficit. The Th. elongatum transcrip...

The Columbia root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne chitwoodi race 2, is associated with several plant species, including members of the tribe Triticeae. We evaluated 15 diploid species for M. chitwoodi gall and reproductive indices from the following genera: Agropyron, Pseudoroegneria, Hordeum, Psathyrostachys, and Thinopyrum. Species from the genus Thinopyrum (Thinopyrum bessarabicum; J genome) and ...

Bu çalışmada İç Anadolu'nun yüksek su tablasına sahip tuzlu topraklarında doğal koşullarda yetiştirilen 4 yem bitkisi ile 2 yıl boyunca bir saha denemesi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Deneyde kullanılan bitkileri (A) Agropyron elongatum, (B) Festuca elatior (C), Puccinellia distans (D), Lotus strictus ve bunların üçlü karışımlarıdır. Toprakların kireç içeriği aşırı tuzlu, alt katmanlarda tuz düşük olup...

Agropyron Gaertn. (P genome) is a wild relative of wheat that harbours many genetic variations that could be used to increase the genetic diversity of wheat. To agronomically transfer important genes from the P genome to a wheat chromosome by induced homoeologous pairing and recombination, it is necessary to determine the chromosomal relationships between Agropyron and wheat. Here, we report us...

Lophopyrum elongatum is a highly salt-tolerant relative of wheat. A previous study showed that the abundance of a number of mRNA species is enhanced or reduced in the roots of the L. elongatum x Triticum aestivum amphiploid by salt stress. Eleven genes with enhanced expression in the roots of salt-stressed L. elongatum plants have been cloned as cDNAs. The clones were used as probes to characte...