Prospects for genomic selection in forage plant species

BJ Hayes, NOI Cogan, LW Pembleton… - Plant …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Genomic selection (GS) is a powerful method for exploitation of DNA sequence
polymorphisms in breeding improvement, through the prediction of breeding values based …

A changing climate for grassland research

MW Humphreys, RS Yadav, AJ Cairns… - New …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we review the current genetic approaches for grass improvement and their potential
for the enhanced breeding of new varieties appropriate for a sustainable agriculture in a …

Progress in breeding perennial forage grasses for temperate agriculture

PW Wilkins, MO Humphreys - The Journal of Agricultural Science, 2003 - cambridge.org
Breeding of temperate forage grasses is aimed at improving the economic and
environmental sustainability of production from cattle and sheep. The primary objective is to …

Development and characterization of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and their use in determining relationships among Lycopersicon esculentum cultivars

C He, V Poysa, K Yu - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2003 - Springer
The simple sequence repeat (SSR) or microsatellite marker is currently the preferred
molecular marker due to its highly desirable properties. The aim of this study was to develop …

Genome-Wide Development and Use of Microsatellite Markers for Large-Scale Genoty** Applications in Foxtail Millet [Setaria italica (L.)]

G Pandey, G Misra, K Kumari, S Gupta… - DNA …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The availability of well-validated informative co-dominant microsatellite markers and
saturated genetic linkage map has been limited in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.). In view of …

Wide coverage of the tetraploid cotton genome using newly developed microsatellite markers

TB Nguyen, M Giband, P Brottier, AM Risterucci… - Theoretical and applied …, 2004 - Springer
Microsatellite [simple-sequence repeat (SSR)] markers were developed and positioned on
the genetic map of tetraploid cotton. Three hundred and ninety-two unique microsatellite …

An SSR-based linkage map of Capsicum annuum

Y Minamiyama, M Tsuro, M Hirai - Molecular Breeding, 2006 - Springer
There are five cultivated species of pepper, of which Capsicum annuum is the most widely
cultivated as a vegetable or spice and the main experimental material of most pepper …

Development of a set of PCR-based anchor markers encompassing the tomato genome and evaluation of their usefulness for genetics and breeding experiments

A Frary, Y Xu, J Liu, S Mitchell, E Tedeschi… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2005 - Springer
Tomato and potato expressed sequence tag (EST) sequences contained in the solanaceae
genomics network (SGN) database were screened for simple sequence repeat (SSR) motifs …

Identification of microsatellite polymorphisms in an expressed portion of the rye genome

B Hackauf, P Wehling - Plant Breeding, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
For the purposes of genetics and application the number of simple sequence repeat (SSR)
markers in rye has to be increased significantly to cover the entire genome. To this end …

The development of SSR markers by a new method in plants and their application to gene flow studies in azuki bean [Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi]

XW Wang, A Kaga, N Tomooka… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2004 - Springer
To gain a better understanding of wild and weedy azuki population structures in relation to
the cultigens we have developed simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers based on a new …