Apomixis: developmental characteristics and genetics

P Ozias-Akins - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Asexual reproduction through seeds, or apomixis, is widespread in angiosperms, although
does not happen frequently. It occurs in no major crop plant, but its deployment in major …

The genetic colinearity of rice and other cereals on the basis of genomic sequence analysis

JL Bennetzen, J Ma - Current opinion in plant biology, 2003 - Elsevier
Small segments of rice genome sequence have been compared with that of the model plant
Arabidopsis thaliana and with several closer relatives, including the cereals maize, rice …

Map-based isolation of the leaf rust disease resistance gene Lr10 from the hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genome

C Feuillet, S Travella, N Stein, L Albar, A Nublat… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - pnas.org
More than 50 leaf rust resistance (Lr) genes against the fungal pathogen Puccinia triticina
have been identified in the wheat gene pool, and a large number of them have been …

Molecular genetic characterization of the Lr34/Yr18 slow rusting resistance gene region in wheat

ES Lagudah, H McFadden, RP Singh… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2006 - Springer
Wheat expressed sequence tags (wESTs) were identified in a genomic interval predicted to
span the Lr34/Yr18 slow rusting region on chromosome 7DS and that corresponded to …

Segmental Structure of the Brassica napus Genome Based on Comparative Analysis With Arabidopsis thaliana

IAP Parkin, SM Gulden, AG Sharpe, L Lukens… - Genetics, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Over 1000 genetically linked RFLP loci in Brassica napus were mapped to homologous
positions in the Arabidopsis genome on the basis of sequence similarity. Blocks of …

The radish Rfo restorer gene of Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility encodes a protein with multiple pentatricopeptide repeats

GG Brown, N Formanová, H **, R Wargachuk… - The Plant …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A single radish nuclear gene, Rfo, restores Ogura (ogu) cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in
Brassica napus. A map‐based cloning approach relying on synteny between radish and …

Estimating genome conservation between crop and model legume species

HK Choi, JH Mun, DJ Kim, H Zhu, JM Baek… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - pnas.org
Legumes are simultaneously one of the largest families of crop plants and a cornerstone in
the biological nitrogen cycle. We combined molecular and phylogenetic analyses to …
Z **n, M Li Wang, NA Barkley, G Burow, C Franks… - BMC plant biology, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Background Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is ranked as the fifth most
important grain crop and serves as a major food staple and fodder resource for much of the …

[BOK][B] Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Cereals, Volume 2

RJ Singh, PP Jauhar - 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …