Genetic markers are key tools for plant identification and plant improvement (Henry, 2001).
Genetic marker technology has evolved rapidly with early methods based on phenotyping or …

Under traditional breeding methods, plant selection was carried out based upon their visible
phenotypes. However, the phenotype is largely influenced by the environmental factors …

Conventional plant breeding is largely dependent on selection of desirable plants which is
highly decided by the genotype and environment interaction. Selecting plants in a …

The use of morphological, protein and DNA markers has been reported for genotype
identification, as well as for genetic linkage map construction. Several approaches towards …

Plant kingdom, the base for every ecological pyramid, serves as a key source for food and
evolution. Individualisation and analysis of genetic diversity and relatedness between or …

This chapter describes the applications of genotyping and molecular markers in various
aspects of in situ and ex situ germplasm conservation, such as in the assessment of genetic …

Genetic maps with a high density of markers have been used to locate discrete Mendelian
components of quantitatively inherited traits in a few crop plants. In principle, a similar …

Molecular marker assisted selection (MAS) has been touted as a means to improve the
efficiency and speed of plant selection programs. The most widespread use of MAS to date …

DNA based methods are now being applied to a wide range of research projects, including
eg gene tagging, genome mapping, discrimination among specific genotype., estimation of …

In the past 20 years, the major effort in plant breeding has changed from quantitative to
molecular genetics with emphasis on quantitative trait loci (QTL) identification and marker …