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It has been suggested that the non-allelic lg2 and Lgt alleles, that confer liguleless phenotypes, are present in chromosome 2D. We hypothesized that the naturally occurring liguleless phenotype present in polyploid wheat was a typical example of loss of dominant duplicated alleles, a process that has been described as genetic diploidisation. In the present study, we obtained the base sequence of...
A total of 140 diverse spring wheat lines were characterized for agronomic and physiological traits under hot field conditions, and a subset of thirteen were selected for dark leaf respiration studies (Rd). These genetic resources included synthetic-derived lines, landraces, landrace-derived lines, bread wheats, and durum wheats. Initial phenotyping showed that better heat-adapted genotypes (best...
Hybrid breeding is an efficient system to break the yield barriers in many crops. For an effective hybrid seed production, a pool of male parental lines with appropriate anther extrusion (AE) ensuring pollen shedding outside the florets for efficient cross fertilization is required. We investigated the genetic architecture of AE using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and examined the potential...
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted on a diversity panel of 103 cotton accessions over three seasons to determine genetic contributions to a range of cotton yield components including fibre quality, plant architecture and stomatal conductance traits. The accessions covered breeding lines, released cultivars and some obsolete cultivars that contributed significantly to modern breeding...
Host plant resistance, in integrated systems, could be a critical tool for reducing thrips damage to seedling cotton. Plant breeders, however, need information regarding the genetic nature of resistance for effective and efficient introgression into breeding material. Trials were conducted in 2011–2014 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock to elucidate the genetic...
The accession Solanum peruvianum PI 126944 has been reported as resistant to different biotic and abiotic stresses. In previous works of the group, advanced generations were derived from two interspecific hybrids, including up to pseudo-F6 generations and backcrosses to the cultivated species of some of the pseudo-Fn generations. Moreover, resistance to Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and Tomato spotted wilt virus...
Although exceptional heterosis for yield in the world’s first commercial single cross maize (Zea mays L.) hybrid SR52 has been confirmed, the role of secondary traits hasn’t been established. Objectives of this study were to establish relationship between grain yield and secondary traits, while assessing heritability and genotypic variation in SR52’s segregating populations. Knowledge on associations...
Winter-hardy faba bean (Vicia faba L.) from northern Europe is represented by a rather narrow gene pool. Limited selection gains for overwintering below −25 °C have restricted the adoption of this crop. Therefore, the faba bean collection maintained by the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) was utilized to broaden this genetic base by identifying potentially new sources of winter-hardiness...
Plant breeders can help farmers increase food production by breeding new cultivars better adapted to their chosen farming systems, but these must be capable of providing the necessary plant inputs for the required levels of crop production in 2050. Until 200 years ago the farmers themselves were the plant selectors. Plant domestications, extensive crop dispersions and farmers’ selections produced...
Increased labor costs and reduced labor pools for hop production necessitate the development of strategies that improve efficiency and automation of hop production. One solution for reducing labor inputs is the use of “short-trellis” hop varieties. Unfortunately, little information exists on the genetic control of this trait in hop, and there are no known molecular markers available for selection...
Rice blast disease caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is an important limiting factor to rice production in the world. Introgression of blast resistance genes into improved germplasm by marker-assisted selection has been considered as an effective and environmentally beneficial means to control this disease. Pike, a broad-spectrum blast resistance gene, was cloned by map-based strategy recently in our laboratory...
To respond faster to the changing climate, evolving pathogens and to feed a global population of 9–10 billion by 2050, plant breeders are exploring more efficient crop improvement strategies. In this study, we applied novel methodology for rapid trait introgression to the European two-rowed barley cultivar Scarlett. Scarlett is widely-grown in Argentina and is preferred for malting and brewing, yet...
Descriptors to evaluate fruit skin color, flesh firmness, flesh juiciness, and sugar composition using pollination constant non-astringent (PCNA)-type cultivars and selections of Japanese persimmon were proposed. A highly positive correlation was observed between the hue angle and color chart, and the skin color was classified as yellowish, hue angle ≥60°; orangish, hue angle between 51° and 59°;...
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is economically very important for the production of wine, table grapes and raisins. However, grapevine is threatened by a brought range of pathogens. A destructive disease worldwide is powdery mildew caused by the ascomycete Erysiphe necator. In the grapevine cultivar `Regent’ a resistance locus against E. necator, Ren3, was previously reported. It spans an interval...
Primitive and exotic accessions of cotton are potential sources of favorable alleles for genetic improvement, enriching diversity in the genetically constricted gene pool of elite cultivars. Three exotic accessions of cotton (MDN101, MDN063 and MDN257), collected from different parts of Central America and converted to day-neutral flowering; and four elite cultivars (PD94042, DES56, PMHS200 and Acala...
Differences in crop performance between seasons has raised concerns on whether or not contrasting rice varieties should be grown in each season in the tropics. Solving this question requires evaluation if key plant traits subtending grain yield are expressed similarly across seasons. Within each dry season (DS) and wet season (WS), one approach to address the issue was to group 32 high-yielding and...
Two main types of summer dormancy in tall fescue [Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort] are recognized, eco-dormancy and endo-dormancy. Endo-dormancy is a physiological response to environmental signals leading to slowing of metabolic activity in meristematic tissues and most likely controlled by circadian clock genes. Therefore, it is genetically inherited and allelic variation among and between...
High fertilizer prices and improved environmental stewardship have increased interest in grass-legume mixed pastures. It has been hypothesized, but not validated, that the ecological combining ability between grasses and legumes can be improved by breeding specifically for mixture performance. This experiment examined the predicted efficiency of selection in a grass monoculture environment to indirectly...
Fusarium spp. cause severe damage in many agricultural crops, including sugar beet, with Fusarium oxysporum historically being considered as the most damaging of all species. Sugar beet needs to be protected from this class of soil-borne pathogens in order to ensure an optimal sugar yield in the field. Genetic control of the disease is crucial in managing these pathogens. Identification of single...
New cultivars are released every year to meet market demands. However, in species with a narrow genetic base, such as Coffea arabica, the cultivars are closely related and phenotypically similar. This hinders the accurate discrimination of genotypes using morphological descriptors in distinctness, uniformity, and stability (DUS) testing, which is required for the registration and protection of new...
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