The immediate need for the increase in wheat production to meet future world demand, associated with occurrence of drastic climatic events, such as drought, makes it necessary develop drought-resilient genotypes. aims this work were evaluate use drought-tolerance indices selection genotypes, compare genetic gains grain yield using different strategies by means a multi-trait index, and select su...

In this study, seven walnut populations (Rabor, Hanza, Sardoueih, Dalfard, Bidkhan, Dehbakri, and Baft) were selected from Kerman province and compared for drought stress tolerance. Water potential between 0 and -1.5 MPa was obtained by polyethylene glycol 6000 solutions. Germination percentage, leaf relative water content (LRWC), and growth parameter of seedlings diminished with increasing dro...

Water scarcity constitutes a crucial constraint for agriculture productivity. High-throughput approaches in model plant species identified hundreds of genes potentially involved in survival under drought, but few having beneficial effects on quality and yield. Nonetheless, controlled water deficit may improve fruit quality through higher concentration of flavor compounds. The underlying genetic...

Genetic studies of response to water deficit in adult trees are limited by low throughput of the usual phenotyping methods in the field. Here, we aimed at overcoming this bottleneck, applying a new methodology using airborne multispectral imagery and in planta measurements to compare a high number of individuals.An apple tree population, grafted on the same rootstock, was submitted to contrasti...

Understanding the role of miRNAs in regulating the molecular mechanisms responsive to drought stress was studied in Paulownia "yuza 1." Two small RNA libraries and two degradome libraries were, respectively, constructed and sequenced in order to detect miRNAs and their target genes associated with drought stress. A total of 107 miRNAs and 42 putative target genes were identified in this study. ...

Citation: Niu X, Song L, Xiao Y and Ge W (2018) Drought-Tolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Foxtail Millet in a Semi-arid Agroecosystem and Their Potential in Alleviating Drought Stress. Front. Microbiol. 8:2580. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02580 Drought-Tolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Foxtail Millet in a Semi-arid Agroecosystem and Their Pote...

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) enzyme activities in muscle was significantly related with burst swimming speed and endurance swimming capacity in a variety of fish. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with LDH were analyzed based on F1 family crossed by Hebao and Heilongjiang carp. A total of seven QTLs (qLDH1, qLDH6, qLDH7, qLDH21 qLDH22, qLDH45a and qLDH45b) were detected on six linkage gr...

Photosynthesis is fundamental to biomass production, but sensitive to drought. To understand the genetics of leaf photosynthesis, especially under drought, upland rice cv. Haogelao, lowland rice cv. Shennong265, and 94 of their introgression lines (ILs) were studied at flowering and grain filling under drought and well-watered field conditions. Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence measurem...