Fusarium graminearum is a devastating fungal pathogen that causes significant yield and quality losses in cereals. We utilized a diversity set of barley (140 genotypes) to explore vital resistance alleles against this aggressive pathogen. The resistance assessment was carried out on spikes and leaves via artificial inoculations under control conditions. The phenotypic data was subjected to genome-wide association analysis using ... إقراء المزيد

THIS EXPERIMENT aimed to estimate heterosis, combining ability effect and some genetic components of relative water content (RWC), excised leaf water loss (ELWL), chlorophyll content (CC), stay green (Stg) and flag leaf area (FLA) under well-watered and drought stress conditions in grain sorghum. The plant materials consisted of 43 sorghum entries including 30 F1 hybrids, five restorer lines, six B-lines ... إقراء المزيد

Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease is one of the most challenging crop diseases; it reduces kernel weight, cause significant yield losses and quality reductions that may occur if fungal mycotoxins, especially deoxynivalenol (DON) are produced in infected seed. DON contamination has raised serious food safety concerns. Furthermore, straw of barley or wheat may be consumed by livestock could contain significant ... إقراء المزيد