Sorghum is an important staple food crop in drought prone areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, which is characterized by erratic rainfall with poor distribution. Sorghum is a drought-tolerant crop by nature with reasonable yield compared to other cereal crop...
As one of the essential cereal crops, wheat provides 20% of the calories and proteins consumed by humans. Due to population expansion, dietary shift and climate change, it is challenging for wheat breeders to develop new varieties for meeting wheat p...
Breeding fruit species is time-consuming and expensive. With few exceptions, trees are likely the worst species to work with in terms of genetics and breeding. Most are characterized by large trees, long juvenile periods, and intensive agricultural p...
The forest sector in British Columbia (BC) has faced a number of challenges over the past decade. In response to some of those challenges, the government has invested in forest genomic tools. Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is a biotechnological tool...
The practical use of marker-assisted selection (MAS) is limited in conifers because of the difficulty with developing markers due to a rapid decrease in linkage disequilibrium, the limited genomic information available, and the diverse genetic backgr...
Tainung82 (TNG82) is one of the most popular japonica varieties in Taiwan due to its relatively high yield and grain quality, however, TNG82 is susceptible to bacterial blight (BB) disease. The most economical and eco-friendly way to control BB disea...
Selective breeding for Varroa resistance is an important strategy to improve honey bee colony survival against Varroa destructor, which remains a major threat to their health. However, phenotyping resistance traits is often labor-intensive. Marker-as...
In this study, we successfully introgressed and validated Yr59 into four elite wheat cultivars, Jimai 22, Chuanmai 42, Zhengmai 9023 and Xinmai 26 through marker-assisted backcross selection. Used as female parents, these four cultivars were crossed...
Flash flooding is a major environmental stressor affecting rice production worldwide. DT3 is a drought-tolerant, recurrent parent with a good yield, edible quality, and agronomic traits akin to those of an elite Taiwanese variety, Taiken9 (TK9). Prog...
Naturally colored cotton offers ecological advantages by eliminating the need for chemical dyeing; however, its limited fiber quality restricts its commercial utilization. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the potential of the SSR marker BN...
Low-alkaloid content is an important breeding target to improve the quality of lupin seeds. An APETALA2/ethylene response transcription factor, RAP2-7, is likely a candidate gene for the major alkaloid locus iucundus, and plays a crucial role in regu...
Rind thickness (RT) is an important agronomic trait in watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.] and affects watermelon storability. However, genetic studies on this trait, as well as gene regulation studies, are scarce and of limited production...
Photoperiod sensitivity is one of the main factors limiting soybean adaptation to high-latitude conditions. The aim of this study was to perform marker-assisted selection (MAS) at the E1, E3, E4, and E7 loci in three soybean F2 populations (F10, F13,...
Rice is a major global staple crop, but rising temperatures and freshwater shortages have made drought one of the most severe abiotic stresses affecting agriculture. Additionally, rice blast disease and brown planthopper infestations significantly im...
Rhizoctonia solani, causing Rhizoctonia crown and root rot, is a major risk to sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) cultivation. The development of resistant varieties accelerated by marker-assisted selection is a priority of breeding programs. We report th...
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important crop worldwide. Functional rice has exhibited health benefits. The aim of this study was to use marker-assisted selection (MAS) to introgress two genes, GE (giant embryo) and OsALDH7 (aldehyde dehydrogenase, gol...
The photoperiodic sensitivity of soybean (Glycine max L.) is one of the limiting factors affecting plant growth and yield. At higher latitudes, early flowering and maturity with neutral reaction to photoperiods are required for adaptation of soybean...
Natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strains exhibit very large genotypic and phenotypic diversity. Breeding programs that take advantage of this characteristic are widely used for selecting starters for wine industry, especially in the recent year...
Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most serious rice diseases worldwide. The early indica rice thermosensitive genic male sterile (TGMS) line HD9802S has the characteristics of stable fertility, reproducibility, a high outcrossing...
Through backcrossing and marker-assisted selection, gene Pi9 for resistance to rice blast was introduced into the water-saving and drought-resistant rice variety, Hanhui 3. The genetic background identity between Hanhui 8200 and Hanhui 3 was 91.4%. T...
Fusarium wilt is one of the most destructive chickpea diseases worldwide. Race 5 (Foc5) is the most harmful in the Mediterranean basin. The primary objective of this study is to validate a block of six SNP markers previously mapped in Ca2 in a divers...
Vitamin E is an essential dietary nutrient, yet deficiency affects large populations, especially in rice-dependent developing countries. To dissect the genetic basis of grain vitamin E content in rice, we performed a genome-wide association study (GW...
Small ruminant lentiviruses include members that infect sheep (ovine lentivirus [OvLV]; also known as ovine progressive pneumonia virus/maedi-visna virus) and goats (caprine arthritis encephalitis virus [CAEV]). Breed differences in seroprevalence an...
Marker-assisted background selection is a powerful molecular tool that can enhance breeding efficiency through the analysis of a large number of markers representing the entire genomic background for precise selection. In the present study, the trans...
Reducing plant height improves lodging resistance and helps to obtain high grain yield under various environmental conditions. So far, the introduction and maintenance of the dwarfing allele of the Ddw1 gene is the most effective height-reducing gene...
The major abiotic and biotic stresses that adversely affect yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) include drought, heat, fusarium wilt, ascochyta blight and pod borer. Excellent progress has been made in developing short-duration varieties with high...
A multi-parental population is an innovative tool for mapping large numbers of loci and genetic modifications, particularly where they have been used for breeding and pre-breeding in crops. Frost injury is an environmental stress factor that greatly...
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is essential for global food security and sustains billions worldwide, emphasizing the need to improve production and quality. One key challenge in rice breeding is the inheritance and environmental sensitivity of amylose conte...
(1) Background: Although resistance to pathogens and pests has been researched in many potato cultivars and breeding lines with DNA markers, there is scarce evidence as to the efficiency of the marker-assisted selection (MAS) for these traits when ap...
Chalkiness is a complex quantitative trait regulated by both genetic and environmental factors. Reducing chalkiness has long been a research focus in rice genetics and breeding. A total of 108 markers on/closely linked to starch biosynthesizing genes...
Walleye Sander vitreus is a valued sportfish in eastern North America, including the upper New River of Virginia, where individuals can grow to a large size (>7 kg). After construction of dams, especially Claytor Dam in 1939, the population declin...
The most widespread and harmful disease of barley is net form of net blotch caused by the ascomycete Pyrenophora teres f. teres Drechsler (Ptt). A cost effective and environmentally sustainable strategy for barley protection against Ptt is to develop...
Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is a key tool in modern potato breeding for developing resistant varieties. This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of molecular markers for selecting resistance to major pathogens in Ural (Russian Federation) pota...
Cytoplasmic genic male sterility (CGMS) is a male sterility system that uses the maternal line for hybrid production, ensuring no obscurity of F1 seed purity and reducing the cost of hybrid seed production. Identification of the male sterility gene i...
Winter durum wheat combines the benefits of autumn sowing with high grain quality but remains poorly adapted to temperate regions due to low frost tolerance. To elucidate the genetic basis of winter hardiness and support breeding for improved cold ad...
In this study, marker-assisted recurrent selection was evaluated for pyramiding resistance gene alleles against coffee leaf rust (CLR) and coffee berry diseases (CBD) in Coffea arabica. A total of 144 genotypes corresponding to 12 hybrid populations...
Since the 1980s, agriculture and plant breeding have changed with the development of molecular marker technology. In recent decades, different types of molecular markers have been used for different purposes: mapping, marker-assisted selection, chara...
Morkhor 60-3 is an upland rice variety primarily cultivated in northeastern Thailand. This glutinous rice is valued for its adaptability and rich aroma but remains susceptible to significant diseases, particularly blast and bacterial blight. Using re...
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a perennial and outcrossing species, is a widely planted forage legume for hay, pasture and silage throughout the world. Currently, alfalfa breeding relies on recurrent phenotypic selection, but alternatives incorporatin...
Various molecular markers can be applied to accelerate the breeding process of Brassicaceae plants. The aim of the present study was to assess the usefulness of available markers connected to blackleg resistance and to screen for markers linked to ge...
Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), as a crucial source of oil and protein globally, is widely cultivated in many countries. Low-temperature stress has become one of the major environmental factors affecting soybean production, especially in colder reg...
Developing varieties with diverse features that satisfy varied commercial needs, improving overall fruit quality, and quickly releasing them, are prerequisites in citrus breeding. However, these three goals require trade-offs in conventional breeding...
Rice blast, caused by Pyricularia oryzae, is one of the main rice diseases worldwide. The pyramiding of blast-resistance (Pi) genes, coupled to Marker-Assisted BackCrossing (MABC), provides broad-spectrum and potentially durable resistance while limi...
Cichorium intybus L. is the most economically important species of its genus and among the most important of the Asteraceae family. In chicory, many linkage maps have been produced, several sets of mapped and unmapped markers have been developed, and...
Due to the advances in DNA markers, kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) markers could accelerate breeding programs and genetically improve drought tolerance. Two previously reported KASP markers, TaDreb-B1 and 1-FEH w3, were investigated in this s...
Abiotic and biotic stresses adversely affect rice growth, development and grain yield. Traditional rice breeding techniques are insufficient in modern agriculture to meet the growing population’s food needs on a long-term basis. The development of DN...
Molecular marker-assisted gene pyramiding combined with backcrossing has been widely applied for crop variety improvement. Molecular marker identification could be used in the early stage of breeding to achieve the rapid and effective pyramiding of m...
Soybean is an excellent source of plant protein. To provide a higher quality meal product, soybean producers desire to improve soybean nutritional profiles. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping can identify markers associated with variation in seed...
Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) is a tree species of significant ecological and economic importance that has suffered a devastating decline since the 1990s in Europe. Native ash species are being threatened by the alien invasive fungus Hymenoscyph...
The ecological and economic importance of forest trees is evident and their survival is necessary to provide the raw materials needed for wood and paper industries, to preserve the diversity of associated animal and plant species, to protect water an...
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