Background DNA markers improved the productivity and accuracy of classical plant
breeding by means of marker-assisted selection (MAS). The enormous number of …

The discovery of haploids in higher plants led to the use of doubled haploid (DH) technology
in plant breeding. This article provides the state of the art on DH technology including the …

Molecular breeding (MB) may be defined in a broad-sense as the use of genetic
manipulation performed at DNA molecular levels to improve characters of interest in plants …

The volume of publications on the development and to a lesser extent the application of
molecular markers in plant breeding has increased dramatically during the last decade …

Plant breeding and improved management options have made remarkable progress in
increasing crop yields during the past century. However, climate change projections suggest …

The improvement of crop yield has been possible through the indirect manipulation of
quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that control heritable variability of the traits and physiological …

Crop genomics has seen dramatic advances in recent years due to improvements in
sequencing technology, assembly methods, and computational resources. These advances …

Recent advances in plant genomics and molecular biology have revolutionized our
understanding of plant genetics, providing new opportunities for more efficient and …

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea [L.] Verdc.) is a nutritionally rich grain legume crop
indigenous to Africa. It is tolerant to drought stress and has become adapted to grow under …

Increasing world population, shrinking cultivable rice (Oryza sativa L.) land area, water
scarcity and excess, evolution of new biotypes of pests and diseases, and climate change …