Mutation breeding can be a major procedure for plant improvement, and release of high yield, including quality characteristics. A rice mutation breeding program with five verities (local and improved varieties including ...

Fusarium wilt caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) is one of the major devastating diseases of tomato plants throughout the world. There is no information on the molecular response of tomato ...

Plant karyotyping provides ordering and pairing all the chromosomes that can be used to determine the origin and genetic background of accessions. In this study, the karyotyping of 28 Iranian Falcaria vulgaris Bernh. ...

Citrus bacterial blast disease is one of the prevalent diseases in most citrus-growing regions in the world. Plants use a wide range of mechanisms to defend against pathogens, and the plant-pathogen interaction induces the ...

To evaluate the genetic diversity and the effect of drought stress on grain yield of wheat, 56 wheat genotypes were evaluated for terminal drought stress tolerance in field environments in the Kermanshah of Iran during the ...

Barley is an important feed grain in many areas such as Canada, Europe and in the U.S. It has also so important for animal feed and has several other usages such as alcohol industry, malt productive and biomass-fuels. The ...