Rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity is affected by several biotic and abiotic stresses. The
genetic variability for some of these stresses is limited in the cultivated rice germplasm …

Differences between plant genomes range from single nucleotide polymorphisms to large-
scale duplications, deletions and rearrangements. The large polymorphisms are termed …

The rice Xa21 gene, which confers resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae race 6,
was isolated by positional cloning. Fifty transgenic rice plants carrying the cloned Xa21 gene …

The herbicide glyphosate became widely used in the United States and other parts of the
world after the commercialization of glyphosate-resistant crops. These crops have …

Study of the maize (Zea mays L.) somatic chromosomes (2 n= 20) has been difficult because
of a lack of distinguishing characteristics. To identify all maize chromosomes, a multicolor …

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), which allows direct map** of DNA sequences
on chromosomes, has become the most important technique in plant molecular cytogenetics …

The centromere of eukaryotic chromosomes is essential for the faithful segregation and
inheritance of genetic information. In the majority of eukaryotic species, centromeres are …

Abstract Development of a eukaryotic karyotype relies on identification of individual
chromosomes in the species, which has been accomplished only in a limited... Develo** …

Chromosome numbers have been widely used to describe the most fundamental genomic
attribute of an organism or a lineage. Although providing strong phylogenetic signal …

The Cucurbitaceae includes important crops such as cucumber, melon, watermelon, squash
and pumpkin. However, few genetic and genomic resources are available for plant …