Sentences with phrase «to abiotic stresses»

IRRI also gives support in national strategy and framework planning for hybrid rice development; research on abiotic stress tolerance particularly submergence, drought, and low temperature damage in high elevation areas; support for the implementation of integrated crop and resource management in the target areas through the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC) and the Indonesian Rice Knowledge Bank; and support of dissemination of post harvest technologies.

Those genes are very helpful to battle biotic and abiotic stresses in rice cultivation and for improving quality and increasing yield.

Stress - Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) started in late 2007 with IRRI, in collaboration with AfricaRice, to develop and deliver rice varieties tolerant of abiotic stresses to the millions of farmers in the unfavorable rice - growing environments.

Biotic and abiotic stress resistance and tolerance are examples of these important traits.

Throughout his career, Daniel (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) has achieved important and lasting advances and breakthroughs in his research on abiotic stress and plant nutrition physiology.

Leskovar said with population growth and intense farming practices, maximizing crop yield in less fertile soils and mitigating plant growth under abiotic stress conditions are major challenges.

Daniel's contributions to discovery - based and translational research to improve crop yield under abiotic stress, foster agricultural sustainability, and enhance environmental protection are impressive.

An understanding of rice genetics is behind the development of rice varieties that can resist, for instance, different abiotic stresses such as floods, drought, and salinity.

«It was a pleasant surprise to see that potatoes we've bred to tolerate abiotic stress were able to produce tubers in this soil,» Amoros said.

Arabidopsis CBF3 / DREB1A and ABF3 in transgenic rice increased tolerance to abiotic stress without stunting growth.

«Targets for CRISPR will be the same as those for classical breeding technologies, i.e., technologies are changing but the problems are the same: increasing yield, biotic and abiotic stresses resistant, better quality, etc..

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Improve Tolerance of Agricultural Plants to Cope Abiotic Stress Conditions — Pablo Cornejo, Plant - Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives

(2015) Transposable Elements Contribute to Activation of Maize Genes in Response to Abiotic Stress PLOS Genet 11: e1004915.

Amongst abiotic stresses, drought stress is one of the main sources of crop loss around the globe.

A Zinc Finger Protein Regulates Flowering Time and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Chrysanthemum by Modulating Gibberellin Biosynthesis

(2017) Natural variation for gene expression responses to abiotic stress in maize.

It aims to develop and deliver rice varieties tolerant of abiotic stresses, such as drought, submergence, salinity, and iron toxicity

«It will greatly facilitate our work to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying key traits related to abiotic stress resistance — things like drought, salinity and low nutrient resistance,» Burke said.

Future crop improvement needs the genetic variation from traditional varieties and related wild species to cope with the many biotic and abiotic stresses that challenge rice production around the world.

The Temperate Rice Research Consortium (TRRC) recognized the need for a «consortium approach» to solve issues on temperate rice improvement including both biotic and abiotic stresses, yield potential, grain quality and nutrition, and water and nutrient management.

The issues on temperate rice improvement include both biotic and abiotic stresses, yield potential, grain quality and nutrition, and water and nutrient management.

Help scientists of participating countries access to a diverse source of germplasm and broaden the genetic base of temperate rice for higher yield, superior grain quality and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses

IRRI is breeding new rice varieties with better tolerance or resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses — particularly blast, sheath rot, cold temperatures, salinity, and iron toxicity — while maintaining the high quality grain preferred by consumers.

GST proteins are thought to function in detoxification of xenobiotics and in response to biotic and abiotic stress.

Genetically modified crops, with enhanced yield and abiotic stress tolerance, will reduce hunger and ensure economic prosperity of farmers.

How do they respond to abiotic stresses or to competition with other microbes?

Professor Qian said, «The study has provided genomic resources for understanding how the deep - sea mussel has adapted to the abiotic stresses and lack of photosynthesis - derived food in the deep - sea chemosynthetic environment.

He added that one of the best performing varieties was very salt - tolerant from the CIP breeding program for adaptation to subtropical lowlands with tolerance to abiotic stress that was also recently released as a variety in Bangladesh for cultivation in coastal areas with high soil salinity.

«However, I realize that one of the most important targets for CRISPR is the resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, in particular drought and salinity resistances, since this will allow sowing in soils not currently suitable for wheat cultivation, especially in developing countries.»

CAAS is a partner in the Global Rice Phenotyping Network with IRRI, which seeks to discover new rice genes that could help improve yield, resistance to diseases, tolerance to abiotic stresses and adaptation to environmental constraints, such as climate change.

Xue's research focus has been on crop physiology, abiotic stress, drought tolerance and water management strategies for major crops in the Texas High Plains — corn, wheat, sorghum, cotton, potato — and more recently vegetables.

More recently epigenetics have also been linked with various physiological phenomena, including yield and response to biotic / abiotic stress.

6.5: Biotic or abiotic stress?

Vegetable Grafting: Principles and Practices covers: · rootstock breeding, signalling, and physiological and molecular mechanisms involved in grafting; · beneficial effects of grafting including reducing disease damage and abiotic stress; · side effects relating to the impact of grafting on fruit quality; and · practical applications and speciality crops.

«Because the wild relatives of rice are adapted to different biogeographic ranges and can tolerate many biotic and abiotic stresses, they continue to be an important reservoir for crop improvement.

This book provides comprehensive, current scientific and applied practical knowledge on vegetable grafting, a method gaining considerable interest that is used to protect crops from soil - borne diseases, abiotic stress and to enhance growth / yield.

Makarevitch I, Frechette C, Wiatros N. (2015) Authentic Research Experience and «Big Data» Analysis in the Classroom: Maize Response to Abiotic Stress.

Accumulation of 5 - hydroxynorvaline in maize (Zea mays) leaves is induced by insect feeding and abiotic stress