[HTML][HTML] Genomic Selection and Association Mapping in Rice (Oryza sativa): Effect of Trait Genetic Architecture, Training Population Composition, Marker Number …

J Spindel, H Begum, D Akdemir, P Virk, B Collard… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Genomic Selection (GS) is a new breeding method in which genome-wide markers are used
to predict the breeding value of individuals in a breeding population. GS has been shown to …

Marker-assisted plant breeding: principles and practices

BD Singh, AK Singh - 2015 - Springer
Improved genotypes developed by plant breeding remain pivotal to global food security. In
the wake of ever-increasing human population, declining agricultural resources and the …

Exploring the function of genetic variants in the non-coding genomic regions: approaches for identifying human regulatory variants affecting gene expression

MJ Li, B Yan, PC Sham, J Wang - Briefings in bioinformatics, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the genetic basis of human traits/diseases and the underlying mechanisms
of how these traits/diseases are affected by genetic variations is critical for public health …

Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses: An Overview

F Afzal, SK Chaudhari, A Gul, A Farooq, H Ali… - Crop production and …, 2015 - Springer
Wheat, a major cereal crop, is subject to several biotic and abiotic stresses. These stresses
affect the crop's yield globally. Different mechanisms have been adopted by plants to …

Identification of QTL for ear row number and two-ranked versus many-ranked ear in maize across four environments

C Yang, D Tang, L Zhang, J Liu, T Rong - Euphytica, 2015 - Springer
Ear row number (ERN) is not only a key trait involved in maize (Zea mays L.) evolution but
also an important component directly related to grain yield. In this report, 325 recombinant …

Association of SSR markers and morpho-physiological traits associated with salinity tolerance in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

Z Abbasi, MM Majidi, A Arzani, A Rajabi, P Mashayekhi… - Euphytica, 2015 - Springer
The conventional screening methods for salinity tolerance are time-consuming, labor-
intensive and have low throughput screening rate. Molecular marker-quantitative trait …

QTL mapping: a tool for improvement in crop plants.

K Shaukeen - Research Journal of Recent Sciences, 2015 - cabdirect.org
It is review paper and highlighting the importance of QTL Mapping in Crop plants. A QTL is
defined as" a region of the genome or locus of gene that is associated with an effect on a …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchical additive effects on heterosis in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Z Dan, J Hu, W Zhou, G Yao, R Zhu, W Huang… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Exploitation of heterosis in crops has contributed greatly to improvement in global food and
energy production. In spite of the pervasive importance of heterosis, a complete …

Mapping populations

BD Singh, AK Singh, BD Singh, AK Singh - Marker-assisted plant breeding …, 2015 - Springer
The development of molecular marker technology has generated renewed interest in
linkage mapping. An appropriate mapping population, a suitable marker system, and a …

Linkage mapping

R Madhusudhana - Sorghum molecular breeding, 2015 - Springer
The past three decades have seen the development and use of DNA marker systems in
linkage mapping of genes/QTLs for economic traits in almost all crop plants. Mapping …