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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Wheat Drought Tolerance: Unveiling a Synergistic Future with Conventional and Molecular Breeding Strategies.

Charan Singh, Sapna Yadav, Vikrant Khare, Vikas Gupta, Madhu Patial, Satish Kumar, Chandra Nath Mishra, Bhudeva Singh Tyagi, Arun Gupta, Amit Kumar Sharma and 3 more

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Wheat Drought Management: A Broader Prospect.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  8. The Proteomic and Peptidomic Response of Wheat (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  9. Comparative effect of gibberellic acid and brassinolide for mitigating drought stress in pea (Physiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Charan SinghICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.
Sapna YadavICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.
Vikrant KhareNuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, Maharashtra, India.
Vikas GuptaICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7640-4816
Madhu PatialICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Research-Regional Station, Shimla 171001, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Satish KumarICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8141-5256
Chandra Nath MishraICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2369-0510
Bhudeva Singh TyagiICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.
Arun GuptaICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.
Amit Kumar SharmaICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.
Om Prakash AhlawatICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9225-3763
Gyanendra SinghICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8507-9138
Ratan TiwariICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of wheat cultivars capable of withstanding drought conditions is necessary for global food security. Conventional breeding, emphasizing the exploitation of inherent genetic diversity by selecting wheat genotypes exhibiting superior drought-related traits, including root architecture, water use efficiency, and stress-responsive genes, has been used by breeders. Simultaneously, molecular techniques such as marker-assisted selection and gene editing are deployed to accelerate the identification and integration of specific drought-responsive genes into elite wheat lines. Cutting-edge genomic tools play a pivotal role in decoding the genetic basis of wheat drought tolerance, enabling the precise identification of key genomic regions and facilitating breeding decisions. Gene-editing technologies, deployed judiciously, ensure the targeted enhancement of desirable traits without compromising the overall genomic integrity of wheat varieties. This review introduces a strategic amalgamation of conventional and molecular breeding approaches for developing drought-tolerant wheat. The review aims to accelerate progress by seamlessly merging traditional breeding methods with advanced molecular tools, and it also underscores the potential of a synergistic future for enhancing wheat drought resilience, providing a roadmap for the development of resilient wheat varieties essential for sustainable agriculture in the 21st century.

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breeding approachesdroughtgenomic selectionwheat

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PMID40219121
PMCPMC11990385

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