Gönül Cömertpay

TL;DR: The progress made in molecular plant breeding, genetics, genomic selection and genome editing has contributed to a more comprehensive understanding of molecular markers and provided deeper insights into the diversity available for crops and greatly complemented breeding stratagems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the salt stress tolerance of 19 hybrid maize (Zea mays L.) varieties was tested in nutrient solution during the early growth stage under controlled environmental conditions, and the results indicated the existence of a large genotypic variation in tolerance to NaCl toxicity in maize that should be exploited in breeding programs aiming to develop maize varieties with high NaCl tolerance during early growth stages.

TL;DR: Positive association among different traits showed that improvement of one character may simultaneously improve the other desired trait, and the wide diversity present in Turkish maize landraces could be used as genetic resource in designing maize breeding program for developing new cultivars adapted to different geographic and climatic conditions.

TL;DR: A useful level of gene and genotypic diversity was observed in this work and can be used by the scientific community in breeding efforts to develop superior common bean strains.

TL;DR: The role of iPBS-retrotransposons as ‘a universal marker’ for molecular characterization of wild and cultivated Lens species was suggested and Lens orientalis was found to be the most diverse species, raising the possibility of wide crosses with cultivated species Lens culinaris.