Characterization of germplasm by DNA-markers provides a tool for precise germplasm identification and a quantitative assessment of genetic diversity. The genetic structure of the durum wheat germplasm grown in the Mediterranean basin varies largely from traditional landraces and cultivars characterized by a high versatility, to the modern varieties characterized by high yield potential, wide ad...

Insertion-deletion (indel) polymorphisms, such as simple sequence repeats, have been widely used as DNA markers to identify QTLs and genes and to facilitate rice breeding. Recently, next-generation sequencing has produced deep sequences that allow genome-wide detection of indels. These polymorphisms can potentially be used to develop high-accuracy polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based markers. ...

Genetic maps are essential tools for quantitative trait locus analysis and marker-assisted selection breeding. In order to select parents that are highly heterozygous for genetic mapping, the heterozygosity (HS) of 24 tea cultivars (Camellia sinensis) was analyzed with 72 simple sequence repeat markers. In total, 359 alleles were obtained with an average of 4.99 per marker. The HS varied greatl...

Quality and flavor of edible peanuts and its products are affected by fatty acid composition of oil. The information related to chemical composition of Peanut grown in the country are scarce, therefore, the present investigation was designed to determine the oil and fatty acid composition of some commonly grown peanut cultivars in Pakistan. Seven Peanut cultivars were grown during 2008 in rando...

this investigation was carried out in safiabad agricultural research center (dezful-iran) for two years in order to introduce adapted pecan cultivars in subtropical regions of iran. gratex, peruque, comanche, 10j, wichita, mohawk, mahan, stuart, graking, choctaw, apache, 6m and 3j cultivars were evaluated for some of their morphological and phenological characteristics. among cultivars evaluate...

to expand the genetic base of NA breeding. In that regard, China has released 651 cultivars from 1923 to 1995 Chinese and North American (NA) soybean breeding programs (Cui et al., 1999). Through pedigree analysis, Cui et al. have a 70-yr history of genetic progress in relative isolation from each other. Because both programs rest upon a genetic base that is primarily (2000a,b) established that...