Genetic diversity estimation of plant materials is one of the important pre-breeding activities in breeding field crops. Twenty-one microsatellite markers used to assess genetic diversity and relationship of 68 sunflower genotypes (Helianthus annuus L.). All of 21 pairs of SSR (Simple Sequence Repeats) markers produced a total number of 49 polymorphic bands. DNA fragments ranged from 9...

Background Growing demand for food and fiber, and a rapidly changing climate will require that plant breeders accelerate the improvement of germplasm adapted to new sources of biotic and abiotic stress. In trees, the threat from climate change is more evident and the solutions more challenging than in any other plant species, due to the complexity and cost of breeding programs, and the long bre...

Mitigation to offset the impacts of land development is becoming increasingly common, with reintroductions and created habitat programs used as key actions. However, numerous reviews cite high rates of poor success from these programs, and a need for improved monitoring and scientific testing to evaluate outcomes and improve management actions. We conducted extensive monitoring of a released po...

INTRODUCTION Reproductive technologies such as artificial insemination (AI) and multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET) have been technically feasible and commercially utilized in small ruminants for many years (reviewed by Betteridge 1981; Evans 1991; Salamon and Maxwell 2000). Sheep and goats are major contributors to the domestic economy of many nations, but neither AI nor MOET has bee...

livestock has been the foundation for selective breeding for thousands of years. However, our understanding of genetics, which is the biological basis of heredity and variation among organisms, has deepened dramatically in the last several decades. This new knowledge expands the potential applications of genetics and genome technologies in agricultural practices. In aquaculture settings, curren...