During the last few decades, the use of molecular markers, revealing polymorphism at the
DNA level, has been playing an increasing part in plant biotechnology and their genetics …

For properly understanding the molecular basis of phenotypic variation, accelerating
breeding programmes and exploiting genetic resources of a particular crop, there is a need …

Molecular markers are useful for a variety of purposes relevant to crop improvement. The
most important of these uses is the indirect markerassisted selection (MAS) exercised during …

In many plants, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers are increasingly becoming
the marker system of choice. However, for many crop plants there are surprisingly low …

The importance of plant genetic diversity (PGD) is now being recognized as a specific area
since exploding population with urbanization and decreasing cultivable lands are the critical …

The advent of molecular marker technology changed methods of plant breeding in a positive
direction. Since the boom of the genomic sequencing era, several advancements and …

Since the advent of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers, a range of
other markers such as Random Amplified Polymorphism DNA (RAPD), amplified fragment …

Melon is an important horticultural crop with a pleasant aromatic flavor and abundance of
health-promoting substances. Numerous melon varieties have been cultivated worldwide in …

Background The development and utilization of genetic markers play a pivotal role in marker-
assisted breeding of rice cultivars during pyramiding of valuable genes. Among molecular …

Crop improvement is a continuous effort, since some 10,000 years ago when primitive man
made the transition from hunting and foraging to domestication and crop cultivation. Since …