The genetic architecture of maize height

JA Peiffer, MC Romay, MA Gore, SA Flint-Garcia… - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Height is one of the most heritable and easily measured traits in maize (Zea mays L.). Given
a pedigree or estimates of the genomic identity-by-state among related plants, height is also …

A foundation for provitamin A biofortification of maize: genome-wide association and genomic prediction models of carotenoid levels

BF Owens, AE Lipka, M Magallanes-Lundback… - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Efforts are underway for development of crops with improved levels of provitamin A
carotenoids to help combat dietary vitamin A deficiency. As a global staple crop with …

Usefulness of Multiparental Populations of Maize (Zea mays L.) for Genome-Based Prediction

C Lehermeier, N Krämer, E Bauer, C Bauland… - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The efficiency of marker-assisted prediction of phenotypes has been studied intensively for
different types of plant breeding populations. However, one remaining question is how to …

Linkage map construction and quantitative trait locus analysis of agronomic and fiber quality traits in cotton

MA Gore, DD Fang, JA Poland, J Zhang… - The plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The superior fiber properties of Gossypium barbadense L. serve as a source of novel
variation for improving fiber quality in Upland cotton (G. hirsutum L.), but introgression from …

[图书][B] Handbook of plant and crop physiology

M Pessarakli - 2014 - books.google.com
Continuous discoveries in plant and crop physiology have resulted in an abundance of new
information since the publication of the second edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerating the Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Breeding Cycle Using Genomic Selection Approaches

AE Lipka, F Lu, JH Cherney, ES Buckler, MD Casler… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a perennial grass undergoing development as a
biofuel feedstock. One of the most important factors hindering breeding efforts in this species …

Insights into the effects of long-term artificial selection on seed size in maize

CN Hirsch, SA Flint-Garcia, TM Beissinger… - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Grain produced from cereal crops is a primary source of human food and animal feed
worldwide. To understand the genetic basis of seed-size variation, a grain yield component …

Testing the effects of genetic crossing distance on embryo survival within a metapopulation of brown trout (Salmo trutta)

RB Stelkens, M Pompini, C Wedekind - Conservation Genetics, 2014 - Springer
Predicting progeny performance from parental genetic divergence can potentially enhance
the efficiency of supportive breeding programmes and facilitate risk assessment. Yet …

DNA divergence as a criterion of a sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) selection for heterosis

MN Shapturenko, LA Tarutina, LA Mishin… - Russian journal of …, 2014 - Springer
The identification of perspective parental lines for the creation of high-yield hybrids is the
most labor-consuming stage of selection, because it needs extensive trials of combining …

Identification of native FHB resistance QTL in the SRW wheat cultivar Jamestown

EE Wright - 2014 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
Abstract Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) is a devastating fungal disease of wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.) and results in significant economic losses due to reductions in grain yield and …