Total flower and pod numbers (TFPN) effective per plant (PNPP) are among the most important agronomic traits for soybean production. However, underlying genetic mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we constructed a recombinant inbred line population derived from cross between JY73 (high TFPN) TJSLH (low to map loci two traits. total, six QTL TFPN five PNPP were identified, which on chromos...

 Sunflower production in North America has recently been threatened by the evolution of new virulent pathotypes of sunflower rust caused by the fungus Puccinia helianthi Schwein. Rf ANN-1742, an ‘HA 89’ backcross restorer line derived from wild annual sunflower (Helianthus annuus L), was identified as resistant to North America rust races 336 (the predominant race over three years) and 777 (th...

Stagonospora nodorum blotch is an important foliar and glume disease in cereals. Inheritance of resistance in wheat appears to be quantitative. To date, breeding of partially resistant cultivars has been the only effective way to combat this pathogen. The partial resistance components, namely length of incubation period, disease severity, and length of latent period, were evaluated on a populat...

The combination of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in one parent and a restorer gene (Rf) to restore fertility in another are indispensable for the development of hybrid varieties. To genotype rice lines at the restoring fertility (Rf) loci, 38 lines were crossed with a sterile tester (rfrf) line. Pollen fertility test was performed to identify sterile and fertile F1 hybrids. Seven lines were ...