In many plantation crops, conventional breeding still has much to offer, without the need to
bring in new forms of variation. Breeding progress has been particularly slow in most of …

Since the dawn of agriculture, mankind has tried to mould crop plants into more useful types.
Over the years, experience and intuition led to the development of sophisticated and …

Conventional plant breeding is primarily based on phenotypic selection of superior
individuals among segregating progenies resulting from hybridization. The period varies …

During the last fifteen years, molecular markers have entered the scene of genetic
improvement in a wide range of horticultural crops. Among the major traits targeted for …

Mapping and tagging of agriculturally important genes have been greatly facilitated by an
array of molecular markers in crop plants. Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is gaining …

Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is a method of selecting desirable individuals in a breeding
program based on molecular markers with or without consideration of their trait values. This …

Plant breeding is defined as the art and science of changing genetic architecture of plants
for the benefit of mankind and it has been in practice for thousands of years, since the …

Mapping and tagging of agriculturally important genes have been greatly facilitated by an
array of molecular markers in crop plants. Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is gaining …

Genetic markers, the heritable entities that are associated with economically important traits
can be used by plant breeders as selection tools. By using molecular markers, breeders can …

Advanced marker technologies are widely used for evaluation of genetic diversity in
cultivated crops, wild ancestors, landraces or any special plant genotypes. Developing …