Month: May 2019

Productivity of soybean, an important oilseed crop, is severely affected due to droughts. A team of Indian scientists has now identified genotypes of soybean that can tolerate drought better without comprising on yields. By incorporating the traits which confer drought tolerance in these cultivars, scientists hope to develop more resilient varieties. The recurrent droughts pose… Continue reading Scientists move a step closer to drought-tolerant soybean variety

A team of scientists from the University of Adelaide, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg have identified beneficial alleles from wild barley that can be used for improving drought tolerance in barley, in a new paper published in BMC Plant Biology. “The team identified a QTL on chromosome 4H where, under drought… Continue reading Wild barley reveals drought tolerant traits that could improve elite cultivars