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.
Tabla de materias
- 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
Sobre el autor
Dr Roberto Tuberosa is Professor of Plant Biotechnology and Breeding in the Department of Agriculture and Food Science at the University of Bologna, Italy. Professor Tuberosa is internationally renowned for his genomic studies to dissect the genetic basis of drought resistance in cereals and how to leverage this knowledge toward the release of climate-resilient cultivars. He is on the editorial board of several leading journals, has been involved in many European and international research projects in cereal breeding, represents Europe in the International Crop Science Society (ICSS) and has published over 170 articles as well as edited a number of books. He has organised international congresses on genomics and breeding of cereals under drought conditions and is a member of the scientific board of the Wheat Initiative and of the Plant Stress advisory board. Amongst other honours, Professor Tuberosa has been elected a Fellow of the Crop Society of America.
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