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Introgression of novel traits from a wild wheat relative improves drought adaptation in wheat.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2013
Placido Dante F, Campbell Malachy T, Folsom Jing J, Cui Xinping, Kruger Greg R, Baenziger P Stephen, Walia Harkamal
Abstract excerpt
Root architecture traits are an important component for improving water stress adaptation. However, selection for aboveground traits under favorable environments in modern cultivars may have led to an inadvertent loss of genes and novel alleles beneficial for adapting to environments with limited water. In this study, we elucidate the physiological and molecular consequences of introgressing an alien chromosome...
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