Toward efficient screening systems for sunflower drought tolerance: a comparative and molecular perspective
Malin Alf, Alessia Ronchi, Aleksandra Radanović, Florian Schilling, Kimon Ionas, Boško Dedić, Srđan Bursać, Siniša Jocić, Zeena D. Costa Rodriguez, Serena Varotto, Dragana Miladinović, Renate Horn · 2026
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Description
Malin Alf and co-authors compare ways to screen sunflowers for drought tolerance in work the head dates to 2025. Longer and more frequent droughts have raised the need for fast breeding of tolerant crops.
The team compared four systems: two lab systems using a chemical to mimic drought, and two soil pot trials in a greenhouse and a climate chamber. Two sunflower lines with known tolerance were tested at seedling stage, with gene activity checks. All systems could pre-screen breeding stock. The lab liquid system gave the sharpest gene-level detail, while the best choice depends on goals and resources.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Malin Alf, Alessia Ronchi, Aleksandra Radanović, Florian Schilling, Kimon Ionas, Boško Dedić, Srđan Bursać, Siniša Jocić, Zeena D. Costa Rodriguez, Serena Varotto, Dragana Miladinović, Renate Horn |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 67 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |