Information on heritability and trait association in crops assist breeders to allocate resources necessary to effectively select for desired traits and to achieve maximum genetic gain with little time and resources. The objectives of this investigation were to determine the amoun...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i1443
Genotypes tested in different locations, years or planting dates often change in yield due to the response of genotypes to environmental factors such as temperature, soil fertility etc. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the effects of environment factors on agr...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41324
Developing high performing and stable sorghum genotypes across different environments is of utmost importance to plant breeders. This study was conducted to compare relative stability of 25 grain sorghum B-lines under Egyptian conditions for some agronomic and yield traits. Six e...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/40985
Presence of G×E interaction reduces the correlation between genotypic and phenotypic parameters and complicates progress of selection. Among several methods proposed for evaluation of the GE interaction, the AMMI and GGE-biplot are the most informative models. The objective of th...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39491
Many plants accumulate compatible osmolytes at high levels in plant cells such as amino acids and/or develop special epidermal cell bladders which may serve as external water reservoirs and having small and thick-walled cells in response to water deficit. The objectives of the pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39048
Knowledge of genetic diversity is one of the important tools used for genetic management of quinoa accessions for plant breeding. This research aimed to molecularly characterize five quinoa genotypes using ISSR markers to reveal genetic polymorphism and identify unique markers fo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/37053
There are genotypic differences in drought tolerance (DT) among quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) cultivars, and most of the known mechanisms of drought tolerance are encountered in this species. The objectives of the present investigation were to identify the most drought tolerant qui...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37216
A. M. M. Al-Naggar, R. M. Abd El-Salam, A. E. E. Badran, S. T. Boulos & Mai M. A. El-Moghazi·Asian Journal of Biology·2017
Many plants can avoid the adverse effects of drought by developing special epidermal cell bladders which may serve as external water reservoirs and having small and thick-walled cells. The present investigation aimed at: (i) studying the effect of drought stress on quinoa leaf an...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOB/2017/37214
Strong associations between yield and given traits along with high heritability for such traits would allow plant breeder to use these traits as selection criteria for selecting high yielding genotype. The present investigation aimed at elucidating the relationships among agronom...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/37215
Studying genotypic variation in quinoa germplasm is a prerequisite to start a breeding program aiming at improving its productivity under water stress conditions. The objectives of this investigation were: (i) to evaluate the effects of drought stress on morphological, physiolog...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36655