The establishment of an efficient Agrobacterium–mediated transformation protocol for a recalcitrant crop like high oleic sunflower genotypes, cv. Capella and SWSR2 inbred line, is presented in this paper. The protocol requires the identification and optimization of parameters affecting T-DNA delivery and plant regeneration. The basis for identifying the most appropriate conditions for transform...

High-throughput sequencing is enabling remarkably deep surveys of genomic variation. It is now possible to completely sequence multiple individuals from a single species, yet the identification of variation among them remains an evolving computational challenge. This challenge is compounded for experimental organisms when strains are studied instead of individuals. In response, we present the J...

HIGHLIGHTS New parthenocarpic gynoecious cucumber line ‘PBRK-11’ was developed and characterized. Application of silver thiosulphate @ 250 ppm induced maximum number male flowers per plant, minimum plant mortality percentage for longer duration. In vitro protocol standardized to maintain the inbred “PBRK-11”.

Increasing the concentrations of Fe and Zn in staple food crops through breeding has been proposed as one strategy to minimize the adverse effects of widespread mineral deficiencies in humans. This approach requires the presence of adequate genetic differences in concentrations of grain minerals for improvement. Eight trials involving different sets of tropical maize inbred lines adapted to the...

Glucosinolates are the biochemical compounds that provide defense to plants against pathogens and herbivores. In this study, the relative expression level of 48 glucosinolate biosynthesis genes was explored in four morphologically-different cabbage inbred lines by qPCR analysis. The content of aliphatic and indolic glucosinolate molecules present in those cabbage lines was also estimated by HPL...

Journal of Plant Registrations, Vol. 4, No. 2, May 2010 159 ‘USG 3209’/‘Jaypee’ (U/J) (Reg. No. MP-3, NSL 465777 MAP) is a soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) recombinant inbred line (RIL) population developed by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and submitted to the USDA–ARS National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility in Aberdeen, ID, in 2008. This mapping popu...