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View article: Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals candidate gene for flowering time QTL HvHeading in barley
Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals candidate gene for flowering time QTL HvHeading in barley Open
Background Identifying genes regulating flowering time enhances understanding mechanisms that improve crop adaptation and productivity. This study aims to identify gene(s) underlying barley flowering time quantitative trait locus (QTL) “ H…
View article: Genome‐Wide Association Analyses Identify Hydrogen Peroxide–Responsive Loci in Wheat Diversity
Genome‐Wide Association Analyses Identify Hydrogen Peroxide–Responsive Loci in Wheat Diversity Open
Hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) is a signaling molecule that plays a crucial role in plant growth and development against different abiotic stresses. Identifying genetic factors associated with H 2 O 2 regulation and homeostasis can provide v…
View article: The Significant Effects of Threshold Selection for Advancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Whole Genome of Bread Wheat
The Significant Effects of Threshold Selection for Advancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Whole Genome of Bread Wheat Open
Currently in wheat breeding, genome wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully revealed the genetic basis of complex traits such as nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and its biological processes. In the GWAS model, thresholding is commo…
View article: Expression interplay of genes coding for calcium-binding proteins and transcription factors during the osmotic phase provides insights on salt stress response mechanisms in bread wheat
Expression interplay of genes coding for calcium-binding proteins and transcription factors during the osmotic phase provides insights on salt stress response mechanisms in bread wheat Open
Bread wheat is an important crop for the human diet, but the increasing soil salinization is reducing the yield. The Ca 2+ signaling events at the early stages of the osmotic phase of salt stress are crucial for the acclimation response of…
View article: Genetic control of root architectural traits under drought stress in spring barley ( <i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.)
Genetic control of root architectural traits under drought stress in spring barley ( <i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.) Open
Root architectural traits play pivotal roles in plant adaptation to drought stress, and hence they are considered promising targets in breeding programs. Here, we phenotyped eight root architecture traits in response to well‐watered and dr…
View article: Deep genotyping reveals specific adaptation footprints of conventional and organic farming in barley populations—an evolutionary plant breeding approach
Deep genotyping reveals specific adaptation footprints of conventional and organic farming in barley populations—an evolutionary plant breeding approach Open
Sustainable food production for a growing world population will pose a central challenge in the coming decades. Organic farming is among the feasible approaches to achieving this goal if the yield gap to conventional farming can be decreas…
View article: Expression interplay of calcium-binding genes and transcription factors during the osmotic phase provides insights on salt stress response mechanisms in bread wheat
Expression interplay of calcium-binding genes and transcription factors during the osmotic phase provides insights on salt stress response mechanisms in bread wheat Open
Bread wheat is an important crop for the human diet, but the increasing soil salinization is reducing the yield. The Ca 2+ signaling events at the early stages of the osmotic phase of salt stress are crucial for the acclimation response of…
View article: Genome‐wide dissection and haplotype analysis identified candidate loci for nitrogen use efficiency under drought conditions in winter wheat
Genome‐wide dissection and haplotype analysis identified candidate loci for nitrogen use efficiency under drought conditions in winter wheat Open
Climate change causes extreme conditions like prolonged drought, which results in yield reductions due to its effects on nutrient balances such as nitrogen uptake and utilization by plants. Nitrogen (N) is a crucial nutrient element for pl…
View article: Genetic Parameter and Hyper-Parameter Estimation Underlie Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Bread Wheat
Genetic Parameter and Hyper-Parameter Estimation Underlie Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Bread Wheat Open
Estimation and prediction play a key role in breeding programs. Currently, phenotyping of complex traits such as nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in wheat is still expensive, requires high-throughput technologies and is very time consuming co…
View article: Local and Bayesian Survival FDR Estimations to Identify Reliable Associations in Whole Genome of Bread Wheat
Local and Bayesian Survival FDR Estimations to Identify Reliable Associations in Whole Genome of Bread Wheat Open
Estimating the FDR significance threshold in genome-wide association studies remains a major challenge in distinguishing true positive hypotheses from false positive and negative errors. Several comparative methods for multiple testing com…
View article: Allelfrequenzschätzungen machen historische Selektionsereignisse sichtbar
Allelfrequenzschätzungen machen historische Selektionsereignisse sichtbar Open
Allele frequency shifts can result from adaptation or selection and indicate strategies for coping with stress scenarios. Observing these requires genotyping of hundreds of lines individually or in a pooled sample–both rather costly, espec…
View article: Stage-specific genotype-by-environment interactions determine yield components in wheat
Stage-specific genotype-by-environment interactions determine yield components in wheat Open
The tables (climate_data.csv, and Yield_data.csv) include the recorded climatic and measured yield components data from multi-environment field trails (2014-2017). The table (soil_water_data.csv) presents the simulated water content for th…
View article: Stage-specific genotype-by-environment interactions determine yield components in wheat
Stage-specific genotype-by-environment interactions determine yield components in wheat Open
The tables (climate_data.csv, and Yield_data.csv) include the recorded climatic and measured yield components data from multi-environment field trails (2014-2017). The table (soil_water_data.csv) presents the simulated water content for th…
View article: Identifying developmental QTL alleles with favorable effect on grain yield components under late‐terminal drought in spring barley MAGIC population
Identifying developmental QTL alleles with favorable effect on grain yield components under late‐terminal drought in spring barley MAGIC population Open
Barley is the fourth most cultivated cereal worldwide, and drought is a major cause of its yield loss by negatively affecting its development. Hence, better understanding developmental mechanisms that control complex polygenic yield‐relate…
View article: Genetic mapping of candidate loci for water‐deficit stress‐induced proline accumulation in bread wheat (<scp><i>Triticum aestivum</i></scp>)
Genetic mapping of candidate loci for water‐deficit stress‐induced proline accumulation in bread wheat (<span><i>Triticum aestivum</i></span>) Open
Proline is an important metabolite that plays an adaptive role in plants under water‐deficit stress. Understanding the genetic basis of water‐deficit‐induced proline accumulation remains elusive in crop plants, especially in wheat. Here, w…
View article: Convergently selected NPF2.12 coordinates root growth and nitrogen use efficiency in wheat and barley
Convergently selected NPF2.12 coordinates root growth and nitrogen use efficiency in wheat and barley Open
Summary Understanding the genetic and molecular function of nitrate sensing and acquisition across crop species will accelerate breeding of cultivars with improved nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). Here, we performed a genome‐wide scan using …
View article: Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat
Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat Open
Background The transition from vegetative to floral phase is the result of complex crosstalk of exogenous and endogenous floral integrators. This critical physiological event is the response to environmental interaction, which causes bioch…
View article: Additional file 3 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat
Additional file 3 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat Open
Additional file 3: Table S2. List of primers used for PCR, RT-qPCR and sequencing of candidate genes.
View article: Additional file 5 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat
Additional file 5 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat Open
Additional file 5: Table S4. List of the total annotated and mapped transcripts differentially expressed in SAM in 18 libraries.
View article: Additional file 2 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat
Additional file 2 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat Open
Additional file 2: Table S1. List of significant QTL for heading in the Germany adapted cultivars.
View article: Additional file 9 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat
Additional file 9 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat Open
Additional file 9: Table S8. Gene ontology enrichment analysis in “Kontrast” relatively to “Basalt” in SAM.
View article: Additional file 4 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat
Additional file 4 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat Open
Additional file 4: Table S3. Paired Student t-test of significant Waddington scores difference between cultivars.
View article: Additional file 3 of Pinpointing genomic loci for drought-induced proline and hydrogen peroxide accumulation in bread wheat under field conditions
Additional file 3 of Pinpointing genomic loci for drought-induced proline and hydrogen peroxide accumulation in bread wheat under field conditions Open
Additional file 3.
View article: Additional file 10 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat
Additional file 10 of Transcriptome profiling at the transition to the reproductive stage uncovers stage and tissue-specific genes in wheat Open
Additional file 10: Table S9. Gene ontology enrichment analysis in “Kontrast” relatively to “Basalt” in the leaves.