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EMS Derived Wheat Mutant BIG8-1 (Triticum aestivum L.)-A New Drought Tolerant Mutant Wheat Line.
International journal of molecular sciences - 18 May 2021
le Roux Marlon-Schylor L, Burger Nicolas Francois V, Vlok Maré, Kunert Karl J, Cullis Christopher A, Botha Anna-Maria
Abstract excerpt
Drought response in wheat is considered a highly complex process, since it is a multigenic trait; nevertheless, breeding programs are continuously searching for new wheat varieties with characteristics for drought tolerance. In a previous study, we demonstrated the effectiveness of a mutant known as RYNO3936 that could survive 14 days without water. In this study, we reveal another mutant known as BIG8-1 that can...
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