Recognizing the enormous potential of DNA markers in plant breeding, many agricultural
research centers and plant breeding institutes have adopted the capacity for marker …

To fully understand the allelic variation that underlies common diseases, complete genome
sequencing for many individuals with and without disease is required. This is still not …

Rice appearance quality, including traits specifying grain dimension and endosperm
chalkiness, represents a major problem in many rice-producing areas of the world. In this …

Abiotic Stresses explores innovative methods for breeding new varieties of major crops with
resistance to environmental stresses that limit crop production worldwide, such as drought …

Frequent extinctions of local populations in metapopulations create opportunities for migrant
females to establish new populations. In a metapopulation of the Glanville fritillary butterfly …

Cotton fiber properties are essential predictors of yarn performance. The suite of fiber quality
traits that collectively affect the utility of the fiber for the textile industry include the length, the …

Tetraploid cotton is one of the most extensively cultivated species. Two tetraploid species,
Gossypium hirsutum L. and G. barbadense L., dominate the world's cotton production. To …

Cotton quality and yield are affected by several factors during the growing season. A soil
inhabiting fungus, Verticillium dahliae Kleb., can cause substantial yield loss in cotton. A …

Dietary intake of isoflavones has been shown to reduce the risk of several major diseases in
humans. Therefore, breeding soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] seeds with desirable …

Common bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli reduces
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yield and quality worldwide. Genetic resistance …