Over the last few decades, the use of molecular markers has played an increasing role in
rice breeding and genetics. Of the different types of molecular markers, microsatellites have …

The last two decades have witnessed a remarkable activity in the development and use of
molecular markers both in animal and plant systems. This activity started with low …

Background Rice breeding program needs to focus on development of nutrient dense rice
for value addition and helping in reducing malnutrition. Mineral and vitamin deficiency …

Mutation is a heritable change in the genetic material of living organisms and therefore a
major driver of species diversity and evolution. Mutation may be spontaneous or induced …

Multiplexed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers have the potential to increase
the speed and cost-effectiveness of genotyping, provided that an optimal SNP density is …

CMS Cytoplasmic male sterility COS Conserved orthologous set DArT Diversity array
technology eQTL Expression QTL ESTs Expressed sequence tags FM Functional markers …

A tremendous decline in cultivable land and resources and a huge increase in food demand
calls for immediate attention to crop improvement. Though molecular plant breeding serves …

Abstract Rice (Oryza sativa L.), the major staple food crop of the world, faces a severe threat
from widespread drought. The development of drought-tolerant rice varieties is considered a …

Abstract Background and Aims Understanding variation in seed longevity, especially within
closely related germplasm, will lead to better understanding of the molecular basis of this …

Flooding is one of the major hazards of rice production for the rainfed lowland rice
ecosystem, and tolerant cultivars are urgently needed to help protect farmers from …