Alien chromosome segment from Aegilops speltoides and Dasypyrum villosum increases drought tolerance in wheat via profuse and deep root system.

M DjanaguiramanP V Vara PrasadJ KumariS K SehgalB FriebeI DjalovicY ChenK H M SiddiqueB S Gill

Published in: BMC plant biology (2019)

The two germplasm lines (TA5088 and TA5638) could be used in wheat breeding programs to improve drought tolerance in wheat and understand the underlying molecular genetic mechanisms of root architecture and drought tolerance.

Keyphrases

climate change
arabidopsis thaliana
heat stress
plant growth
copy number
public health
genome wide
dna methylation
single molecule
genetic diversity