New genetic mechanisms could provide the basis for breeding plants that can better tolerate #borondeficiency and avoid yield losses: http://go.tum.de/357006

#plantgenetics #oilseedrape #cropbreeding #sustainableagriculture

G.P. Bienert

On the 50th anniversary of the success of 3-line hybrid #rice, Zheng et al. review the history of rice breeding, vital contributions to the field by #China's #plant scientists, & future #CropBreeding strategies. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13598
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantSci #agriculture #PlantScience #botany

Zhang et al. report that #heterosis in #root #microbiota inhibits growth of soil-borne #fungal #pathogens in hybrid #rice, highlighting the potential for microbiota heterosis in #CropBreeding
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13416
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#JIPB #PlantScience

Jabal, a durum wheat developed by breeders at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area with cooperation of local farmers in Morocco, has been released. It is not only more drought-tolerant than most durum wheats but also tastes great according to farmers who trialled it in their fields and kitchens.

I documented ICARDA's work in Morocco in 2019 and captured a number of farmers inspecting Jabal, which is noted for its long black awns. (The photo used by The Guardian in the link below is actually one I shot in Lebanon, not Morocco and it wasn't Jabal :()

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/04/drough-resistant-crop-jabal-durum-wheat-food-diversity

#CropBreeding methods that select for “selfish” traits can reduce yield in high-density monoculture. @SamWuest1 &co use a simple method to identify #plant genotypes that express more #cooperative traits, based on growth in social environments #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3AYFMit

#CropBreeding methods that select for “selfish” traits can reduce yield in high-density monoculture. @SamWuest1 &co use a simple method to identify #plant genotypes that express more #cooperative traits, based on growth in social environments #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3AYFMit

#CropBreeding methods that select for “selfish” traits can reduce yield in high-density monoculture. @SamWuest1 &co use a simple method to identify #plant genotypes that express more #cooperative traits, based on growth in social environments #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3AYFMit