Ensuring universal food security is a crucial concern for all of humanity. Pea, as one of the most important legumes, faces many growing challenges in the light of changing climate, whereas growing superior cultivars is a key strategy to meet the ever-growing demands. Turkish pea germplasm encompasses a rich diversity that can be utilised in breeding programs, particularly among the more diverse samples, to generate cultivars adapted to new changing environments.

This article belongs to the Collection Plant breeding- and genetics-based tools for food security under changing climate.

To eliminate hunger and malnutrition, genetic resources for cereals with high grain protein content, grain yield, and other quality traits are needed. A diverse and representative set of bread wheat genetic resources is extracted from national genebank of India. We evaluated this diverse core collection across multiple environments to find novel and stable high yielding germplasm with superior grain quality for further use.

The novel pyruvate dehydrogenase herbicide HW-3 is highly effective against the broad-leaved weeds and safe for use on three varieties of corn plants based on a selectivity index. The mechanism of action and selective mechanism of HW-3 were preliminarily clarified. This work provides a reference for the commercial application of HW-3.