Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar

J Clifton‐Brown, A Harfouche, MD Casler… - Gcb …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Genetic improvement through breeding is one of the key approaches to increasing biomass
supply. This paper documents the breeding progress to date for four perennial biomass …

Advances in biotechnology and genomics of switchgrass

M Nageswara-Rao, JR Soneji, C Kwit… - Biotechnology for …, 2013‏ - Springer
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a C 4 perennial warm season grass indigenous to the
North American tallgrass prairie. A number of its natural and agronomic traits, including …

Bioenergy grass feedstock: current options and prospects for trait improvement using emerging genetic, genomic, and systems biology toolkits

FA Feltus, JP Vandenbrink - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2012‏ - Springer
For lignocellulosic bioenergy to become a viable alternative to traditional energy production
methods, rapid increases in conversion efficiency and biomass yield must be achieved …

Transcriptome analysis of heat stress response in switchgrass (Panicum virgatumL.)

YF Li, Y Wang, Y Tang, VG Kakani, R Mahalingam - BMC Plant Biology, 2013‏ - Springer
Background Global warming predictions indicate that temperatures will increase by another
2-6° C by the end of this century. High temperature is a major abiotic stress limiting plant …

Construction of a Genetic Linkage Map and Identification of QTLs for Seed Weight and Seed Size Traits in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)

P Verma, R Goyal, RK Chahota, TR Sharma, MZ Abdin… - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Seed weight and seed size both are quantitative traits and have been considered as
important components of grain yield, thus identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for seed …

[HTML][HTML] Development and characterization of SSR markers in proso millet based on switchgrass genomics

SG Rajput, T Plyler-Harveson, DK Santra - American Journal of Plant …, 2014‏ - scirp.org
Proso millet (Panicummiliaceum) has highwater use efficiency (WUE), a short growing-
season, and is highly adapted to a semi-arid climate. Genomic resources for proso millet are …

In silico polymorphic novel SSR marker development and the first SSR-based genetic linkage map in pistachio

M Khodaeiaminjan, S Kafkas, EZ Motalebipour… - Tree Genetics & …, 2018‏ - Springer
Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are co-dominant markers, and are very useful in
constructing consensus maps in heterozygous perennial plant species like pistachio …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular characterization of Turkish onion germplasm using SSR markers

F Hanci, AF Gökçe - Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant …, 2016‏ - agriculturejournals.cz
In this study, molecular markers were used for the first time to study the genetic diversity of
Turkish onion (Allium cepa L.) accessions. We used 83 turkish landraces, 3 breeding lines …

Linkage maps of lowland and upland tetraploid switchgrass ecotypes

D Serba, L Wu, G Daverdin, BA Bahri, X Wang… - BioEnergy …, 2013‏ - Springer
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a native perennial warm season (C 4) grass that has
been identified as a promising species for bioenergy research and production …

Quantitative trait loci for freezing tolerance in a lowland x upland switchgrass population

HP Poudel, MD Sanciangco, SM Kaeppler… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Low-temperature related abiotic stress is an important factor affecting winter survival in
lowland switchgrass when grown in northern latitudes in the United States. A better …