June 2011

Development of new early maturing and high yielding bread wheat lines for growing in newly reclaimed desert areas of Egypt

  Conventional wheat breeding programs aim at developing high yielding cultivars suitable for sowing under stress conditions and poor soils especially in newly reclaimed deserts.  The objective of the current study was to develop high yielding and early maturing bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) lines adapted to grow in old and new reclaimed desert soils of Egypt.  Expressed Sequence Tags...

Author(s): Kamal A. Khieralla, Adel M. Mahmoud and Talaat A. Ahmed,

June 2011

Activities of sucrose-metabolizing enzymes in grains of two wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars subjected to water stress during grain filling

  Developmental changes in the starch and soluble sugars content of grains and the activities of sucrose metabolism enzymes in drought-tolerant (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Zagros) and drought-sensitive with high yielding potential under favorable conditions (cv. Marvdasht) wheat genotypes were investigated under controlled water deficit during grain filling. The two cultivars were grown in pots under...

Author(s): S. Saeedipour