Since the introduction of wheat into Australia by the First Fleet settlers, germplasm from different geographical origins has been used to adapt wheat to the Australian climate through selection and breeding. In this paper, we used 482 cultivars, representing the breeding history of bread wheat in Australia since 1840, to characterize their diversity and population structure and to define the g...

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is an important native grass and dominant member of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. It is used for conservation, restoration, livestock feed production, and bioenergy feedstock production. The purpose of this review is to describe the biological and geographical basis for switchgrass germplasm diversity and to provide a resource for scientists and outreach per...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the fertility status of kinnow orchards at Rawatsar and Fatehgarh soil series Hanumangarh district in irrigated area arid Rajasthan. All soils were found saline nature, EC2 all orchard samples normal. calcium carbonate content showed increasing trend with depth, low organic carbon available N, medium P2 O5, high K2O content, majority Fe, Mn sufficient...

the potato tuberworm, phthorimaea operculella (zeller), is a major pest of potato in both store and field. in this research, host preference, biology and life table parameters of this pest were studied on leaves of 12 potato germplasm including seven commercial cultivars (agria, ausonia, sprit, satina, savalan, kondor, morene) and five iranian clones (pi396156-5, pi397045-15, pi397097-2, pi3970...

Five cycles of germination NaC1 tolerant alfalfa and the source population, 'Mesa Sirsa', were germinated in four salt solutions (NaC1, NaNO3, KC1, and KNO3) and Mannitol to try to determine the general mechanism involved in seed germination salt tolerance. Average germination over all germplasm sources in NaC1, NaNO3, KC1, KNO3, and Mannitol were 44.80, 38.88, 36.24, 29.07, and 60.93 percent, ...

The role of cereal germplasm banks is to collect, maintain, preserve, and distribute seeds representing the genetic diversity of crop species. While germplasm resources have traditionally been used in breeding efforts to improve a crop plant, they have also proved useful in both applied and basic research efforts to give insight into the biology of a crop plant (Harlan, 1975; Hyland, 1977; Spra...

Breeding progress in black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis L.) has been limited by a lack of genetic diversity in elite germplasm. Black raspberry cultivars have been noted for showing very few phenotypic differences and seedlings from crosses between cultivars for a lack of segregation for important traits. Despite these challenges, little molecular work has been done to explore genetic diversit...

For human food security, the preservation of 7.4 million ex-situ germplasm is a global priority. However, ex-situ-conserved seeds are subject to aging, which reduces their viability and ultimately results in the loss of valuable genetic material over long periods. Recent progress in seed biology and genomics has revealed new opportunities to improve the long-term storage of ex-situ seed germpla...