Seed size distinguishes most crops from their wild relatives and is an important quality trait for the grain legume cowpea. In order to breed cowpea varieties with larger seeds we introgressed a rare haplotype associated with large seeds at the Css-1 locus from an African buff seed type cultivar, IT82E-18 (18.5 g/100 seeds), into a blackeye seed type cultivar, CB27 (22 g/100 seed). Four recombi...

We examined the genetic diversity of 80 inbred waxy maize lines using 22 SSR molecular markers that could be used to achieve heterosis in waxy maize. Eighty inbred waxy maize lines with different phenotypes, 40 yellow, 25 white, 13 black, and two red lines were analyzed by SSR molecular marker fingerprint and cluster analysis. Using a standard genetic distance of 0.55, the 80 waxy maize i...

We start by considering crosses between inbred lines. The analysis of such crosses illustrates many of the fundamental features of QTL mapping without the additional complications that arise with outbred populations. Although inbred line crosses are uncommon in animal breeding (outside of rats and mice), crosses between widely-differing lines are often treated as an inbred line cross, as we ass...

We start by considering crosses between inbred lines. The analysis of such crosses illustrates many of the fundamental features of QTL mapping without the additional complications that arise with outbred populations. Although inbred line crosses are uncommon in animal breeding (outside of rats and mice), crosses between widely-differing lines are often treated as an inbred line cross, as we ass...

The rapid spread of clubroot disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae threatens radish (Raphanus sativus) production in China because some cultivation types lack clubroot-resistant (CR) genes. However, few molecular markers for resistance have been developed and used hybrid breeding programs. In this study, 27 immune 6 highly resistant accessions were identified among 95 inbred lines. genes R...

that some of the inbreds continued to contribute substantially to hybrids marketed in the USA. For example, Historically important public inbred lines continue to play an imB73 and Mo17 were used in about 28% of all seed portant role in maize (Zea mays L.) improvement in many different breeding programs. Their continued use means they have undergone planted in the USA in 1979. This fell to 12.8...

The objective of this study was to evaluate boron tolerance wheat genotypes using mature embryo culture. analysis involved 79 recombinant inbred lines the International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI) population and three Serbian varieties with known (B) (Pobeda - sensitive S, Balerina-medium tolerant MT, Nevesinjka T). evaluation performed on a modified MS medium which 15 mM boric acid add...

Abstract Sclerotinia blight is a soilborne disease caused by minor Jagger and can produce severe decrease in yield. Cultural management strategies chemical treatment are not completely effective; therefore, growing peanut‐resistant varieties likely to be the most effective control method for this disease. resistance has been identified wild Arachis species further transferred peanut elite culti...