Wild barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum) has strong grain dormancy, a trait that may enhance its survival in non-cultivated environments; by contrast, cultivated barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) has weaker dormancy, allowing uniform germination in cultivation. Malting barley cultivars have been bred for especially weak dormancy to optimize their use in malt production. Here, we analyz...

Genomic regions responsible for accumulation of grain iron concentration (Fe), grain zinc concentration (Zn), grain protein content (PC) and thousand kernel weight (TKW) were investigated in 286 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross between an old Indian wheat variety WH542 and a synthetic derivative (Triticum dicoccon PI94624/Aegilops squarrosa [409]//BCN). RILs were grown in si...

Waterlogging is a widespread limiting factor for wheat production throughout the world, specially irrigated and high rainfall environments. Only few studies reported QTLs for waterlogging tolerance. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for waterlogging tolerance, root dry weight index (RDWI), shoot dry weight index (SDWI), total dry weight index (TDWI) were measured at seedling stage in t...

Journal of Plant Registrations, Vol. 4, No. 2, May 2010 159 ‘USG 3209’/‘Jaypee’ (U/J) (Reg. No. MP-3, NSL 465777 MAP) is a soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) recombinant inbred line (RIL) population developed by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and submitted to the USDA–ARS National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility in Aberdeen, ID, in 2008. This mapping popu...

Abstract Background In wheat, nitrogen (N) remobilization from vegetative tissues to developing grains largely depends on genetic and environmental factors. The evaluation of potential crops under limited resource inputs such as N supply would provide an opportunity identify N-efficient lines with improved utilisation efficiency yield potential. We assessed the variation in wheat recombinant in...

Recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from B73 M017 were screened for cold germination (CG) and desiccation tolerance (DT) phenotypes. Reciprocal F1 hybrids were made between divergent RILs, and hybrids that showed differential phenotypes (parent-of-origin effect) for CG or DT were selected for profiling mRNA and protein expression. mRNA and proteins were extracted from embryo axes of seed ge...

Expansive growth of organs has a very large genotype × environment (G×E) interaction. Maximum leaf expansion rate observed in the absence of stress and of evaporative demand has a genetic variability which is usually smaller than environmental effects. The mechanisms driving the reduction in leaf growth rate under stress, namely changes in cell division rate, in cell-wall mechanical properties ...