Recognizing the enormous potential of DNA markers in plant breeding, many agricultural
research centers and plant breeding institutes have adopted the capacity for marker …

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the relationship between the genetic distances
(GD) and phenotypic distances (PD) of parents and the specific combining ability (SCA) and …

A set of 24 wheat microsatellite markers, representing at least one marker from each
chromosome, was used for the assessment of genetic diversity in 998 accessions of …

Assessing genetic diversity among adapted, elite germplasm may expedite crop
improvement. The objectives of this study were to (i) assess genetic diversity among a …

In less than a decade, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has evolved into the common
denominator of molecular biology for nucleic acid research. The most important impact of …

This book is about the contribution to evolutionary theory and agricultural technology of one
of humankind's most dramatic imitations of the evolu tionary process, namely crop …

A database of 502 recent European wheat varieties, mainly of winter type, was constructed
using 19 wheat microsatellites and one secalin-specific marker. All datapoints were …

The common assertion that scientific plant breeding leads to a narrowing in crop diversity
has been examined. We have characterised the dominant UK winter wheat varieties from …

Advanced backcross quantitative trait locus (AB-QTL) analysis was used to identify QTLs for
yield and yield components in a backcross population developed from a cross between hard …

A high-density consensus map is a powerful tool for gene map**, cloning and molecular
marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding. The objective of this study was to construct a …