Wheat is one of the most important staple foods on earth. Leaf rust, stem rust and stripe rust,
caused by Puccini triticina, Puccinia f. sp. graminis and Puccinia f. sp. striiformis …

Wheat, an important cereal crop globally, faces major challenges due to increasing global
population and changing climates. The production and productivity are challenged by …

Background Kernel size-related traits, including kernel length (KL), kernel width (KW), kernel
diameter ratio (KDR) and kernel thickness (KT), are critical determinants for wheat kernel …

Background Yellow or stripe rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) is
an important disease of wheat that threatens wheat production. Since develo** resistant …

Key message In wheat, multiple disease resistance meta-QTLs (MDR-MQTLs) and
underlying candidate genes for the three rusts were identified which may prove useful for …

Anthracnose, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum lindemuthianum, is one of the
devastating disease affecting common bean production and productivity worldwide. Several …

Key message The new stripe rust resistance gene Yr4EL in tetraploid Th. elongatum was
identified and transferred into common wheat via 4EL translocation lines. Abstract Tetraploid …

A meta-analysis of QTLs associated with grain protein content (GPC) was conducted in
hexaploid and tetraploid wheat to identify robust and stable meta-QTLs (MQTLs). For this …

Majority of cereals are deficient in essential micronutrients including grain iron (GFe) and
grain zinc (GZn), which are therefore the subject of research involving biofortification. In the …

Background Wheat stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is one of the
most devastating diseases of the wheat crop. It causes significant reductions in both grain …