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Genetics of drought tolerance in cereals
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08 January 2024

This chapter discusses some of the latest findings related to the genetics of drought resistance of the world's most widely grown cereals. The chapter starts with rice because of its key role as an ancestral founder species and phylogenetically pivotal role for cereal evolution. The chapter then reviews barley, second in phylogeny after rice, durum wheat, bread wheat, sorghum and maize.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Agronomy and crop production, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Agricultural science
- 1 Introduction: drought stress in cereal crops
- 2 Rice: understanding and optimizing drought tolerance
- 3 Barley: understanding and optimizing drought tolerance
- 4 Durum (tetraploid) wheat: understanding and optimizing drought tolerance
- 5 Bread (hexaploid) wheat: understanding and optimizing drought tolerance
- 6 Sorghum: understanding and optimizing drought tolerance
- 7 Maize: understanding and optimizing drought tolerance
- 8 Conclusion and future trends
- 9 Where to look for further information
- 10 References