Genetically controlled resistance provides plant breeders with an efficient means of
controlling plant disease, but this approach has been constrained by practical difficulties …

Genetic improvement programs for livestock and pasture plants have been central to the
development of the New Zealand (NZ) pastoral industry. Although genetic improvement of …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

A mapping population was created to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance to
stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola in Lolium perenne. A susceptible …

In the temperate regions of the world ryegrasses comprise the main sown forage grasses of
which the outbreeding perennial, Italian and Westerwolths ryegrasses are the most …

The most important disease of Coffea arabica is coffee leaf rust caused by the fungus
Hemileia vastatrix. The purpose of this study was to characterize the inheritance of coffee …

Perennial ryegrass (L olium perenne L.) is the most important forage crop in temperate
livestock agriculture. Its nutritional quality has significant impact on the quality of meat and …

Abstract Background Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are increasingly becoming
the DNA marker system of choice due to their prevalence in the genome and their ability to …

Summary In the United States, cool‐season turfgrass breeding and cultivar development
can trace its earliest beginnings to the late 1800s within the USDA Division of Agrostology …

Background Grasses are among the most important and widely cultivated plants on Earth.
They provide high quality fodder for livestock, are used for turf and amenity purposes, and …