Epigenetic approaches to crop breeding: current status and perspectives

A Dalakouras, D Vlachostergios - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In order to tackle the cumulative adverse effects of global climate change, reduced farmland,
and heightened needs of an ever-increasing world population, modern agriculture is in …

Crop resilience via inter-plant spacing brings to the fore the productive ideotype

I Tokatlidis - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Natural selection favors the competitive ideotype, enabling native plants to survive in the
face of intense competition. The productive ideotype is the goal of artificial selection to …

[HTML][HTML] The Evaluation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes under Water Stress Based on Physiological and Agronomic Parameters

F Papathanasiou, E Ninou, I Mylonas, D Baxevanos… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drought affects common bean productivity, and the severity of its impact is expected to
increase due to climate change. The use of versatile genotypes could contribute to securing …

[HTML][HTML] Intense breeding within lentil landraces for high-yielding pure lines sustained the seed quality characteristics

E Ninou, F Papathanasiou, DN Vlachostergios… - Agriculture, 2019 - mdpi.com
Landraces are a valuable source of genetic variability for breeders to develop high-yielding
lentil varieties. Apart from productivity, simultaneous breeding for lentil seed nutritional …

Optimizing traditional crop** systems under climate change: a case of maize landraces and Bambara groundnut

VGP Chimonyo, EM Wimalasiri, R Kunz… - … in sustainable food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Traditional crop species are reported to be drought-tolerant and nutrient-dense with
potential to contribute to sustainable food and nutrition security within marginal production …

Lentil cultivar evaluation in diverse organic Mediterranean environments

D Baxevanos, A Kargiotidou, C Noulas, AM Kouderi… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) production faces challenges due to shifting environmental
conditions, potentially leading to a transition towards cooler or highland Mediterranean …

Lentil gene pool for breeding

AN Polidoros, ID Avdikos, A Gleridou… - Cash Crops: Genetic …, 2022 - Springer
Lentil is an ancient legume crop cultivated thousands of years for its nutritious seeds, its
ability to improve soil colonized by nitrogen fixing symbiotic bacteria, and providing income …

[PDF][PDF] Productivity of Alternative Barley genotypes under Variable Intraspecific Competition resulting from increasing sowing density

R Nowak, M Szczepanek, K Błaszczyk, R Graczyk - Agronomy, 2024 - researchgate.net
Sowing density and row spacing of barley affect the crop efficiency, resource use and final
yield, with different genotypes likely to respond differently to this agrotechnical factor. The …

Yield and Stability for agronomic and seed quality traits of common bean genotypes under Mediterranean conditions

A Kargiotidou, F Papathanasiou… - Legume Research …, 2019 - indianjournals.com
Common bean is the most significant pulse in Mediterranean countries and high yield
performance is required to become commercially successful. Seven common bean …