Scientific publications

An overview of research into the water regime of plants carried out at the All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Industry (VIR), including classic and modern physiological techniques, as well as recent data on molecular genetic mapping of QTL (Quantitative Trait Loci) of the physiological traits of the water exchange in cultivated plants is provided. The evolution of physiological-genetic studies of the water regime is represented in retrospective relying on the VIR collection of plant genetic resources. We show that modern and traditional techniques can be effectively applied to find the genetic determinants (QTL) that control the manifestation of quantitative physiological commercially valuable traits. The QTL identified may be of interest for in.depth study of the physiological.genetic mechanisms that drive water exchange and for marker.aided selection of wheat for drought tolerance.