QTL Analysis for Drought Tolerance Related to Root and Shoot Traits in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) [Elektronische Ressource] / Mohammed Abd El-Aziz Abd El-Haliem Sayed

Institut für Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften und Ressourcenschutz Professur für Pflanzenzüchtung Prof. Dr. Jens Léon QTL Analysis for Drought Tolerance Related to Root and Shoot Traits in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades Doktor der Agrarwissenschaften (Dr. agr.) der Hohen Landwirtschaftlichen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn vorgelegt am 11.02.2011 von Mohammed Abd El-Aziz Abd El-Haliem Sayed aus Assiut, Ägypten D98 Erster Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Jens Léon Zweiter Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 06. Mai 2011 Erscheinungsjahr: 2011 Acknowledgments i Acknowledgments In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Almighty ALLAH for his Mercies and Grace before and during the study period. It is a great honor and privilege for me to record this deep sense of gratitude and indebtedness to my honorable supervisor Prof. Dr. Jens Léon, although, actually, no words can really express my appreciation of what he did for me during my PhD. study at department of plant breeding. I especially thank him for his excellent supervision, valuable suggestions, estimable critiques, corrections and numberless discussions in the whole doctoral period.