Sequencing of rice genome has facilitated the understanding of rice evolution and has been
utilized extensively for mining of DNA markers to facilitate marker-assisted breeding. Simple …

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) have been the marker of choice for rice molecular
breeding due to the high level of polymorphism, technical simplicity and low cost. Recent …

The narrow genetic base of US rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars poses a challenge for long‐
term improvements of yield and other agronomic traits. Molecular marker analysis can be …

Rice is a model system for crop genomics studies. Much of the early work on rice genomics
focused on analyzing genome-wide genetic variation to further understand rice gene …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) plays a crucial role in assuring food security to the world's population
and is recognized as a superior model plant of monocot crops. Molecular markers …

One of the major challenges in genetics has been to identify the nucleotide polymorphisms
responsible for phenotypic variation. Through intensive analysis, several major quantitative …

Abstract Ricebase (http://ricebase. org) is an integrative genomic database for rice (Oryza
sativa) with an emphasis on combining datasets in a way that maintains the key links …

The objectives of this study were to determine the genetic structure of 242 accessions from
the EMBRAPA Rice Core Collection (ERiCC), to create a mini-core collection and to develop …

Using DNA markers in plant breeding with marker‐assisted selection (MAS) could greatly
improve the precision and efficiency of selection, leading to the accelerated development of …

Rice is one of the staple foods consumed worldwide, and rice breeding programs have
become important to warrant high yield levels and grain quality in upland rice. This study …