In recent years, molecular markers have been utilized for a variety of applications including
examination of genetic relationships between individuals, mapping of useful genes …

Comparative analysis of a number of studies in drought‐stressed maize (Zea mays L.)
reporting quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for abscisic acid concentration, root characteristics …

Minerals and vitamins in food staples eaten widely by the poor may be increased either
through conventional plant breeding or through use of transgenic techniques, a process …

SNP genotyping arrays have been useful for many applications that require a large number
of molecular markers such as high-density genetic mapping, genome-wide association …

Maize genetic diversity has been used to understand the molecular basis of phenotypic
variation and to improve agricultural efficiency and sustainability. We crossed 25 diverse …

A total of 2414 new di-, tri-and tetra-nucleotide non-redundant SSR primer pairs,
representing 2240 unique marker loci, have been developed and experimentally validated …

Plants may also be resistant to arthropods via the tolerance category of resistance, as
defined in Chapter 1, by possessing the ability to withstand or recover from damage caused …

Teosinte, the progenitor of maize, is restricted to tropical environments in Mexico and
Central America. The pre-Columbian spread of maize from its center of origin in tropical …

In this study we test the hypothesis that maize genotypes with reduced crown root number
(CN) will have greater root depth and improved water acquisition from drying soil. Maize …

We report improved whole-genome shotgun sequences for the genomes of indica and
japonica rice, both with multimegabase contiguity, or almost 1,000-fold improvement over …