One of the key global challenges of the 21st century is the production of enough food for the
increasing world population. As per some recent reports the global population will continue …

Molecular breeding for complex traits in crop plants requires understanding and
manipulation of many factors influencing plant growth, development and responses to an …

The advent of modern tools and techniques in genetics, cytogenetics, and molecular biology
has revolutionized the plant breeding approaches to help overcome the limitations …

Genomics, dealing with the collection and characterization of genes and analysis of the
relationships between gene activity and cell function, is a rapidly evolving, interdisciplinary …

It has been estimated that agricultural production must be doubled by 2050 in order to meet
the predicted demand of growing world population. Achieving this goal poses a serious …

A diverse set of molecular markers techniques have been developed over the last almost 40
years and used with success for breeding a number of major crops. These have been …

Molecular breeding, including both marker-assisted breeding and genetic engineering, has
experienced significant innovations and advances during the past three decades. Starting …

Genomics research is generating new tools, such as functional molecular markers and
informatics, as well as new knowledge about statistics and inheritance phenomena that …

There has been significant improvement in production and productivity of important cereal
crops globally as a consequence of the “Green Revolution” and other initiatives (1) …

Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is a method of selecting desirable individuals in a breeding
program based on molecular markers with or without consideration of their trait values. This …