Breeding wheat for drought tolerance: Progress and technologies

Breeding wheat for drought tolerance: Progress and technologies

Recurrent drought associated with climate change is among the principal constraints to global productivity of wheat (Triticum aestivum (L.) and T. turgidum (L.)). Numerous efforts to mitigate drought through breeding resilient varieties are underway across the world. Progress is, however, hampered b...

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Main Authors: Learnmore Mwadzingeni, Hussein Shimelis, Ernest Dube, Mark D Laing, Toi J Tsilo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Subjects:
drought tolerance
genomic selection
genotyping
phenotyping
wheat
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311915611029

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