Morphophysiological approach to heterosis in phosphorus use efficiency in popcorn by Rosimeire Barboza Bispo, Antônio Teixeira do Amaral Junior, Talles de Oliveira Santos, Valter Jário de Lima, Bruna Rohem Simão, Marta Simone Mendonça Freitas, Samuel Henrique Kamphorst, Carolina Macedo Carvalho, Danielle Leal Lamêgo, Flávia Nicácio Viana, Wallace de Paula Bernardo, Eliemar Campostrini, Ricardo Bressan-Smith

“…The development of cultivars adapted to phosphorus (P) deficiency is crucial due to the non-renewable nature of this resource. …”
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Ornamental Exterior versus Therapeutic Interior of Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus): The Two Faces of a Versatile Herb by Naghmeh Nejat, Alireza Valdiani, David Cahill, Yee-How Tan, Mahmood Maziah, Rambod Abiri

“…Botanical information with respect to synonyms, vernacular names, cultivars, floral morphology, and reproduction adds to understanding of the plant while the geography and ecology of periwinkle illustrate the organism’s ubiquity. …”
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Genetic Diversity Analysis of Sugarcane Parents in Chinese Breeding Programmes Using gSSR Markers by Qian You, Liping Xu, Yifeng Zheng, Youxiong Que

“…The knowledge obtained in this study should be useful to future breeding programs for increasing genetic diversity of sugarcane varieties and cultivars to meet the demand of sugarcane cultivation for sugar and bioenergy use.…”
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The Effect of Different Irrigation Interval on Tuber Yield and Quality of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Salah Abdulla Salih, Farhan Ahmad Abdulrahman, Yonis Abdulla Mahmood

“…This study was carried out in two respectively season (2017 and 2018) in Halabja province of Kurdistan regional of Iraq to evaluate the impact of irrigation interval on quality and tuber yield in potato cultivars. In this study there are  four irrigation intervals (3,5,7 and 9 days) used by furrow irrigation method which subjected in complete randomized design (CRD) with three replications. …”
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Next-generation sequencing in soybean breeding and genetic research by M. T. Menkov, I. V. Rozanova, A. Ya. Evlash, E. K. Khlestkina

“…The data obtained made it possible to develop resources aimed at both studying the functional organization of soybean genes and breeding new improved cultivars. The review summarizes the results of large-scale soybean sequencing projects, including pan-genome works. …”
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Storage Insects on Yam Chips and Their Traditional Management in Northern Benin by Y. L. Loko, A. Dansi, M. Tamo, A. H. Bokonon-Ganta, P. Assogba, M. Dansi, R. Vodouhè, A. Akoegninou, A. Sanni

“…The most important traditional practices used to control or prevent insect attack in yam chips were documented and the producers' preference criteria for yam cultivars used to produce chips were identified and prioritized. …”
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Vermicompost leachate reduces some negative effects of salt stress in pomegranate by Siamak Shirani Bidabadi, Safoora Dehghanipoodeh, Glenn C. Wright

“…Methods A pot experiment was organized to analyze some physiological attributes and antioxidant activities of two Iranian pomegranate cultivars under different concentrations of NaCl with or without VCL. …”
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Evaluación de los efectos de distintos portainjertos sobre la calidad de los frutos de dos variedades de durazno cultivadas en el nordeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentin... by G. H. Valentini, R. E. Murray, L. E. Arroyo

“…Con la finalidad de contribuir a la selección de portainjertos de duraznero alternativos para la zona frutícola del noreste de la provincia de Buenos Aires, se evaluó la influencia de patrones de diferente origen genético y comportamiento agronómico, sobre la expresión de las características de calidad en frutos de las cultivares de duraznero Flordaking y Flavorcrest [Prunus persica (L.) …”
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Dinámica del nitrógeno en un suelo aluvial salino, cultivado con remolacha azucarera by S. VALDIVIA VEGA, J. PINNA CABREJOS, S. VALDIVIA SALAZAR

“…En el presente experimento fueron evaluados cinco cultivares monogermen de remolacha azucarera, en la costa árida del norte del Perú. …”
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Genetic Diversity in Passiflora Species Assessed by Morphological and ITS Sequence Analysis by Shiamala Devi Ramaiya, Japar Sidik Bujang, Muta Harah Zakaria

“…The group consisted of cultivars of P. edulis with high levels of genetic similarity; in contrast, P. foetida was highly divergent from other species in the morphological biplots. …”
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Raise of short-stemmed vaviloid branched spike lines and their cytogenetics by A. J. Aliyeva, S. P. Mehdiyeva, R. K. Kerimova

“…During the process of morphogenesis in hybrid population of the second and third generations derived from the crosses between hexaploid triticale with different bread wheat cultivars (Opal and Chinese Spring) and variety (Triticum aestivum var. velutinum), plants with wheat, rye, intermediate, and triticale-like spike types were noted. …”
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Source material from crosses among <I>Solanum</I> L. spp. for potato breeding by N. M. Zoteyeva, Z. Z. Evdokimova

“…Crosses between potato cultivars and various late blight resistance sources made it possible to combine in hybrid clones the genes of wild and cultivated Andean species and Solanum tuberosum L. with different pedigrees. …”
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Crop wild relatives in Adygea: inventorying and conservation by L. V. Bagmet

“…Searching for new sources of valuable agronomic traits is becoming ever more urgent in the context of the development of modern crop cultivars. With this in view, crop wild relatives (CWR) are of special importance as carriers of resistance to unfavorable stressors. …”
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Specific features of the study and maintenance of a potato collection threatened by viruses and virus-like diseases by E. V. Truskinov, M. N. Sitnikov

“…The conventional point-based principle of scoring field resistance of potato cultivars and hybrids to viruses requires a significant revision. …”
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OUTBREAK OF TOBAMOVIRUSES AND POTEXVIRUSES ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE EPIDEMICS IN TOMATO PRODUCTION AREA OF IRAQ by Hasaneen K. Obaid, Mustafa Adhab

“…The purpose was to identify the main viruses associated with tomato epidemics and assess the impact of different tomato cultivars on disease occurrence. A total of 700 tomato leaf samples were collected from seven governorates (Baghdad, Diyala, Babylon, Najaf, Kerbala, Nasiriya, and Basrah) and tested using pathogen-specific immunostrip kits. …”
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Developing donors of ultra-early maturity in barley by I. A. Zveinek, O. N. Kovaleva

“…The development of ultra-early barley donors makes it possible to accelerate the breeding process aimed at producing commercial cultivars adapted to cultivation area requirements.Materials and methods. …”
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Plant Growth–promoting Rhizobacteria Have Varied Effects on Quality and Yield of Drought-stressed Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) by Paige E. Boyle, David Held, Kelly Kopp, Xin Dai

“…Two creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) cultivars (Penncross and 007) were treated with either PGPR Blend 20, PGPR DH44, water, or nitrogen fertilizer before being subjected to a dry-down period during which half of each treatment was either irrigated or drought stressed. …”
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Early testing on S1 lines of black corn (Zea mays L.) from the Ecuadorian highlands by Jorge Merino, William Viera, Javier Garófalo, Paúl Mejía, Víctor Sánchez

“…germplasm from the Ecuadorian Higlands has low tolerance to inbreeding especially in starchy cultivars. To create competitive varieties at the commercial level it is necessary to identify outstanding progenitor lines by early testing. …”
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Differences in Rhizosphere Microbial Community Structure and Composition in Resistance and Susceptible Wheat to Fusarium Head Blight by Han Li, Mingshuang Tang, Tao Zheng, Ming Yang, Youning Wang, Yating Shuai, Yan Li, Yibo Zhang, Dongfang Ma

“…In this study, high-throughput sequencing technology was used to analyze the rhizosphere soil microbial metagenomes of 4 wheat cultivars with different levels of resistance to FHB. …”
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Verification of the Introgression of <i>Narenga porphyrocoma</i> Germplasm into <i>Saccharum officinarum</i> Using Molecular Markers and GISH Analysis by Gang Wang, Wei Zhang, Yuanxia Qin, Qingdan Wu, Qinggan Liang, Jiantao Wu, Shengren Sun, Zhuqing Wang, Yuxing An, Jianqiang Wang, Qinnan Wang, Hailong Chang

“…This study uniquely contributes to sugarcane breeding by providing an effective method for hybrid verification and laying a foundation for incorporating beneficial <i>N. porphyrocoma</i> genes into sugarcane cultivars.…”
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