Advances in plant gene-targeted and functional markers: a review

P Poczai, I Varga, M Laos, A Cseh, N Bell… - Plant methods, 2013‏ - Springer
Public genomic databases have provided new directions for molecular marker development
and initiated a shift in the types of PCR-based techniques commonly used in plant science …

Meta‐analysis of chromosome‐scale crossover rate variation in eukaryotes and its significance to evolutionary genomics

Q Haenel, TG Laurentino, M Roesti… - Molecular ecology, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the distribution of crossovers along chromosomes is crucial to evolutionary
genomics because the crossover rate determines how strongly a genome region is …

The transcriptional landscape of polyploid wheat

RH Ramírez-González, P Borrill, D Lang… - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION Polyploidy, arising from whole-genome duplication or interspecific
hybridization, is ubiquitous across the plant and fungal kingdoms. The presence of highly …

Cereal breeding takes a walk on the wild side

C Feuillet, P Langridge, R Waugh - Trends in genetics, 2008‏ - cell.com
Elite cultivated crop gene pools of the Triticeae tribe (wheat, barley and rye) exhibit limited
genetic diversity, raising concerns about our ability to increase or simply sustain crop yield …

A reductionist approach to dissecting grain weight and yield in wheat

J Brinton, C Uauy - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Grain yield is a highly polygenic trait that is influenced by the environment and integrates
events throughout the life cycle of a plant. In wheat, the major grain yield components often …

Transferable EST-SSR markers for the study of polymorphism and genetic diversity in bread wheat

PK Gupta, S Rustgi, S Sharma, R Singh… - Molecular genetics and …, 2003‏ - Springer
Nearly 900 SSRs (simple sequence repeats) were identified among 15,000 ESTs
(expressed sequence tags) belonging to bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The SSRs were …

The wheat powdery mildew genome shows the unique evolution of an obligate biotroph

T Wicker, S Oberhaensli, F Parlange, JP Buchmann… - Nature …, 2013‏ - nature.com
Wheat powdery mildew, Blumeria graminis forma specialis tritici, is a devastating fungal
pathogen with a poorly understood evolutionary history. Here we report the draft genome …

Discovering consensus genomic regions in wheat for root-related traits by QTL meta-analysis

JM Soriano, F Alvaro - Scientific Reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
Root system architecture is crucial for wheat adaptation to drought stress, but phenoty**
for root traits in breeding programmes is difficult and time-consuming owing to the …

RNA‐S eq bulked segregant analysis enables the identification of high‐resolution genetic markers for breeding in hexaploid wheat

RH Ramirez‐Gonzalez, V Segovia… - Plant biotechnology …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The identification of genetic markers linked to genes of agronomic importance is a major aim
of crop research and breeding programmes. Here, we identify markers for Yr15, a major …

Genoty**-by-sequencing (GBS) revealed molecular genetic diversity of Iranian wheat landraces and cultivars

H Alipour, MR Bihamta, V Mohammadi… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
Background: Genetic diversity is an essential resource for breeders to improve new cultivars
with desirable characteristics. Recently, genoty**-by-sequencing (GBS), a next …