Wheat is an important crop worldwide and is grown on more than 51%, 28% and 10% of the total area under cereal cultivation in Australia, India and Mexico, respectively (http://faostat3.fao.org/). The cropping area affected by drought and heat stress is increasing due to climate change, population pr...

Mapping and isolation of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) or genes controlling grain size or weight is very important to uncover the molecular mechanisms of seed development and crop breeding. To identify the QTLs controlling grain size and weight, we developed a near isogenic line F2 (NIL-F2) populat...

Green revolution successfully tackled human food demand by cultivating dwarf high-yielding crops (Hazell 2009). In common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), however, there is still ample room for production improvement (Iizumi and Ramankutty 2016). Wheat production is determined by yield and yield compon...