Type: Chapter

Improving drought and heat tolerance in wheat

Authors

Xinguo Mao

CAAS

Delong Yang

Gansu Agricultural University

Ruilian Jing

CAAS

Publication date:

15 February 2017

ID: 9781838793012

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Table of contents

1 Introduction 2 Exploiting physiological traits to assist traditional wheat breeding 3 Genetic analysis and identifi cation of molecular markers: overview 4 Genetic analysis and identifi cation of molecular markers: key physiological traits 5 Genes conferring drought tolerance in wheat: overview 6 Genes conferring drought tolerance in wheat: the roles of protein kinase and phosphatase, TFs and functional genes 7 HS-responsive genes identifi ed in wheat 8 The current status of genetically modifi ed wheat 9 Conclusions and future trends 10 Where to look for further information 11 Abbreviations 12 References