Transcriptomics is a major platform to study organismal biology. The advent of new parallel
sequencing technologies has opened up a new avenue of transcriptomics with ever deeper …

Due to its critical importance in crop yield, the photoperiodic regulation of flowering time is
considered an important trait in sorghum breeding programs. In this study, quantitative trait …

Integrated cytogenetic pachytene fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) maps were
developed for chromosomes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 of maize using restriction fragment length …

Genomic selection (GS) procedures have proven useful in estimating breeding value and
predicting phenotype with genome-wide molecular marker information. However, issues of …

Recent progress in genotyping and resequencing techniques have opened new
opportunities for deciphering quantitative trait variation by looking for associations between …

Although yield trials for switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), a potentially high value biofuel
feedstock crop, are currently underway throughout North America, the genetic tools for crop …

Today's unsustainable use of fossil fuel reserves or green fuel is predicted to destabilize the
global climate and lead to reduced food security. The key challenge for the coming decades …

The development of DNA sequencing strategies has been a high priority in genetics
research since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the basic molecular mechanisms of …

Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) acreage has declined compared to perennial ryegrass
(Lolium perenne L.) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.). With the intent of …

Backcross Procedure used by plant breeders to introgress an allele at a locus of interest (eg,
disease resistance) from a donor parent to a recurrent parent, usually a successful cultivar …