Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: progress and prospects

C Kole, M Muthamilarasan, R Henry… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Climate change affects agricultural productivity worldwide. Increased prices of food
commodities are the initial indication of drastic edible yield loss, which is expected to …

Natural products against Alzheimer's disease: Pharmaco-therapeutics and biotechnological interventions

A Dey, R Bhattacharya, A Mukherjee… - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a severe, chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease
associated with memory and cognition impairment ultimately leading to death. It is the …

Using next‐generation sequencing approaches to isolate simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci in the plant sciences

JE Zalapa, H Cuevas, H Zhu, S Steffan… - American journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The application of next‐generation sequencing (NGS) technologies for the development of
simple sequence repeat (SSR) or microsatellite loci for genetic research in the botanical …

Mining and development of novel SSR markers using next generation sequencing (NGS) data in plants

S Taheri, T Lee Abdullah, MR Yusop, MM Hanafi… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), are one of the most informative and
multi-purpose genetic markers exploited in plant functional genomics. However, the …

A review of microsatellite markers and their applications in rice breeding programs to improve blast disease resistance

G Miah, MY Rafii, MR Ismail, AB Puteh… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Achievements and prospects of genomics-assisted breeding in three legume crops of the semi-arid tropics

RK Varshney, SM Mohan, PM Gaur, N Gangarao… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Advances in next-generation sequencing and genotyping technologies have enabled
generation of large-scale genomic resources such as molecular markers, transcript reads …

Application of genomic tools in plant breeding

A M. Perez-de-Castro, S Vilanova, J Cañizares… - Current …, 2012 - benthamdirect.com
Plant breeding has been very successful in developing improved varieties using
conventional tools and methodologies. Nowadays, the availability of genomic tools and …

Breeding strategies for adaptation of pearl millet and sorghum to climate variability and change in West Africa

BIG Haussmann, H Fred Rattunde… - Journal of Agronomy …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐arid and subhumid West Africa is characterized by high inter‐annual rainfall
variability, with variable onset of the rainy season, somewhat more predictable endings, and …

Gene discovery and tissue-specific transcriptome analysis in chickpea with massively parallel pyrosequencing and web resource development

R Garg, RK Patel, S Jhanwar, P Priya… - Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is an important food legume crop but lags in the availability of
genomic resources. In this study, we have generated about 2 million high-quality sequences …

The first draft of the pigeonpea genome sequence

NK Singh, DK Gupta, PK Jayaswal, AK Mahato… - Journal of plant …, 2012 - Springer
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is an important grain legume of the Indian subcontinent, South-
East Asia and East Africa. More than eighty five percent of the world pigeonpea is produced …