Currently marker-assisted selection (MAS) is used in the development of maize germplasm with improved stress tolerance [5] based on QTL's affecting root architecture, leaf ABA concentration and other drought-related traits [6].
Finally, it drives the development of superior germplasm and the establishment of more robust and high-quality cultivars.
This study thus laid the foundation for possible development of soybean germplasm with durable resistance against two serious pathogens.
They constitute a very useful genetic resource for studying both inheritance of agronomically important traits and directing their incorporation as progenitors in breeding programs for the development of elite germplasm with exotic characteristics of interest.
Identification of genotypes with slow dehardening or enhanced spring cold tolerance is key to restoration, and this requires the development of restoration germplasm.
This work also sets the first step toward the development of canola germplasm using CR genes with potentially different modes of action against clubroot.
The conversion of RAPD to SCAR (sequence characterized amplified region) markers facilitated MAS (e.g., indirect phenotypic selection, selection of hypostatic genes, gene pyramiding) for the development of bean germplasm or cultivars with enhanced resistance or combined resistance to several pathogens [ 6].
In this paper, we present an overview of the development of a research platform that provides essential germplasm, genotypic and phenotypic data, and analytical tools for dissecting phenotype genotype associations in rice.
However, development of a GWAS population requires highly diverse germplasm and an ultra-high-density SNP map to capture as many of the historical recombinant events as possible [ 47], which is not so easy for every laboratory.
Genotyping of the NIAS Genebank (https://www.gene.affrc.go.jp/index_en.php) rice accessions with 179 RFLP markers led to development of a rice diversity research set of germplasms (RDRS) in indica, aus and japonica accessions available for the detailed genetic studies and rice improvement (Kojima et al. 2005).
