Climate change, human population growth, health and food security, safety, sovereignty all demand that the role of biodiversity in plant breeding be revisited. From a biological standpoint, it is possible populations diverse plants developed by evolutionary will able to handle majority these major issues. Water stress soil nutrient deficiency may have negative impact on wheat (Triticum spp.) ba...

The incidence of clavicipitaceous anamorphic endophytes in a Hordeum spp. germplasm collection is reported. The potential application of endophytes as biocontrol agents against pests of cereal crops is recognized. Suggestions are proposed to modify existing germplasm maintenance procedures to ensure that both seed viability and endophyte viability and diversity are maintained in grass ,germplas...