Mohamed Kamara

Kafrelsheikh University · Department of Agronomy

Citation: Ghazy, N.A.; Al-Zaban, M.I.; Safhi, F.A.; Aljabri, M.; Kafsheer, D.A.; Ben Abdelmalek, I.; Kamara, M.M.; Mansour, E.; Hamden, S. Unraveling Abstract: Late wilt disease caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthiopsis maydis represents a major threat to maize cultivation in the Mediterranean region. Developing resistant hybrids and high-yiel...

Wheat, a staple cereal crop, faces challenges due to climate change and increasing global population. Maintaining genetic diversity is vital for developing drought-tolerant cultivars. This study evaluated the genetic diversity and drought response of five wheat cultivars and their corresponding F1 hybrids under well-watered and drought stress condi...

Nitrogen is an essential element for maize growth, but excessive application can lead to various environmental and ecological issues, including water pollution, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and biodiversity loss. Hence, developing maize hybrids resilient to low-N conditions is vital for sustainable agriculture, particularly in nitrogen-...

Water deficit is a critical obstacle that devastatingly impacts rice production, particularly in arid regions under current climatic fluctuations. Accordingly, it is decisive to reinforce the drought tolerance of rice by employing sustainable approaches to enhance global food security. The present study aimed at exploring the effect of exogenous ap...

Water deficit poses significant environmental stress that adversely affects the growth and productivity of durum wheat. Moreover, projections of climate change suggest an increase in the frequency and severity of droughts, particularly in arid regions. Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop drought-tolerant and high-yielding genotypes to...

The pink stem borer (PSB), Sesamia cretica (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) purple-lined borer (PLB), Chilo agamemnon (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis, (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) are considered the most devastating insect pests of maize production in the Mediterranean region. The frequent use of chemical insecticides has re...

This work was carried out to select cotton genotypes adapted to semi-arid climate conditions cultivated under irrigation for high yields and the standards of the fiber quality properties required by the textile industry. Also to determine the predicted and realized gains from different selection indices to improve some economic characters under wat...

Citation: Kamara, M.M.; Rehan, M.; Mohamed, A.M.; El Mantawy, R.F.; Kheir, A.M.S.; Abd El-Moneim, D.; Safhi, F.A.; ALshamrani, S.M.; Hafez, E.M.; Behiry, S.I.; et al. Genetic Potential and Inheritance Patterns of Physiological, Agronomic and Quality Traits in Bread Wheat under Normal and Water Deficit Conditions. Plants 2022, 11, 952. https://doi.

Water scarcity is a major environmental stress that adversatively impacts wheat growth, production, and quality. Furthermore, drought is predicted to be more frequent and severe as a result of climate change, particularly in arid regions. Hence, breeding for drought-tolerant and high-yielding wheat genotypes has become more decisive to sustain its...

Water deficit has devastating impacts on legume production, particularly with the current abrupt climate changes in arid environments. The application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) is an effective approach for producing natural nitrogen and attenuating the detrimental effects of drought stress. This study investigated the influence...

Deficit irrigation (DI) is a choice made by producers to improve water productivity and might be highly preferred in future production programs in arid regions. Identifying DI‐tolerant cultivars will be critical to improve rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity under the future climate change conditions. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)‐based metabolo...

High temperature is a major environmental stress that devastatingly affects wheat production. Thenceforth, developing heat-tolerant and high-yielding wheat genotypes has become more critical to sustaining wheat production particularly under abrupt climate change and fast-growing global population. The present study aimed to evaluate parental genoty...

Late wilt disease (LWD) caused by the fungus Magnaporthiopsis maydis poses a major threat to maize production. Developing high-yielding and resistant hybrids is vital to cope with this destructive disease. The present study aimed at assessing general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining abilities for agronomic traits and resistance to LWD, identifyin...

We need to produce higher foods even under declining natural resources to feed the projected population of 9 billion by 2050 and to sustain food security and nutrition. Abiotic stress has adversely affected canola crop and oil quality especially in sandy soils. To combat this stress, adaptation at the farm level using new and cost-effective amendme...

Salinity in soil or irrigation water requires developing genetically salt-tolerant genotypes, especially in arid regions. Developing salt-tolerant and high-yielding wheat genotypes has become more urgent in particular with continuing global population growth and abrupt climate changes. The current study aimed at investigating the genetic variabilit...

Knowledge of combining ability and genetic diversity are important prerequisites for the development of outstanding hybrids that are tolerant to high plant density. This work was carried out to assess general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA), identify promising hybrids, estimate genetic diversity among the inbred lines a...

Environmental stressors negatively affect crop growth and yield. Limited information is available about the synergistic use of biochar and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). A field study was conducted to evaluate the effect of biochar in combination with PGPR (Pseudomonas koreensis and Bacillus coagulans) for alleviating water deficit an...

Water stress and nitrogen deficiency are two constraints that negatively affect growth and productivity of wheat plants. Moreover, the interaction between these two stresses could affect the susceptibility of wheat plants to insect attack. In order to examine the influence of drought stress and nitrogen fertilization on piercing-sucking insect pest...

Effect of Storage Temperature on Storage Efficacy, Germination and Physical Characters of Some Paddy Rice Cultivars during Different Storage Periods Postharvest loss is a serious problem in rice, and the loss during storage period can account for the majority of the postharvest loss. Traditional methods of storing paddy rice are vulnerable to insec...

Postharvest loss is a serious problem in rice, and the loss during storage period can account for the majority of the postharvest loss. Traditional methods of storing paddy rice are vulnerable to insect and fungal infestations, leading to a considerable deterioration in rice quality. Here we focus on low–temperature storage to improve the storage e...

Assessment of yield stability is an important issue for maize hybrids evaluation and recommendation. The main objective of the present investigation was to study the variation, performance and yield stability of seven yellow maize hybrids (S.C.162, S.C.167, S.C.168, S.C.173, S.C.176 T.W.C.352 and T.W.C.353) tested under 18 environments (3 plant den...

INFORMATION about combining ability and genetic diversity among maize inbred lines is fundamental in designing future breeding strategies for improving grain yield. Twenty one F1 hybrids were generated by crossing seven yellow maize inbred lines in a half diallel mating scheme in 2013 season. The 21 F1 hybrids plus the two check hybrids (SC166 and...

The present investigation was conducted to study the genetic variance components, heritability, heterosis and combining ability in relation to identifying desirable parents and hybrids for hybrid rice breeding program. Three cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines and five restorers (testers) were crossed in line × tester scheme in 2014 growing season...

Plants have evolved a series of tolerance mechanisms to saline stress, which perturbs physiological processes throughout the plant. To identify genetic mechanisms associated with salinity tolerance, we performed linkage analysis and genome-wide association study (GWAS) on maintenance of root growth of Arabidopsis thaliana in hydroponic culture with...

This study was conducted to estimate general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining ability effects of some maize inbred lines for grain yield and other agronomic traits by using line × tester analysis under two nitrogen fertilizer levels. Ten white maize inbred lines and three testers; SC10, SC122 and TWC310 were crossed in line × tester scheme in 201...