More than 9000 papers using the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) or related
techniques (eg the arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR)) have been …

Legislation enacted worldwide to regulate the presence of genetically modified organisms
(GMOs) in crops, foods and ingredients, necessitated the development of reliable and …

Wheat microsatellites (WMS) were used to estimate the extent of genetic diversity among 40
wheat cultivars and lines, including mainly European elite material. The 23 WMS used were …

This exciting new book describes the use of DNA fingerprinting and its application in a wide
area of plant and fungal research. It presents a thorough theoretical introduction to DNA …

DNA-based fingerprinting technologies have proven useful in genetic similarity studies.
RFLP is still most commonly used in the estimation of genetic diversity in plant species, but …

Abstract RFLPs, AFLPs, RAPDs and SSRs were used to determine the genetic relationships
among 18 cultivated barley accessions and the results compared to pedigree relationships …

The potential of bulk analyses of RAPD and ISSR-PCR markers for fingerprinting purposes
was evaluated using ten RAPD and ten ISSR primers. The phylogenetic relationships of 16 …

Publisher Summary On a worldwide basis, plant breeding has been one of the most
successful technologies developed in modern agriculture: its methods are opportunistic and …

Le théier, Camellia sinensis, est originaire du sud-est asiatique mais est maintenant cultivé
dans plusieurs pays. Il n'y a encore eu aucune évaluation systématique de la variabilité …

This chapter reviews four main aspects of genetic diversity in soybean: formation, collection,
evaluation, and utilization. Because the benefit of genetic diversity can be realized only by …