Wild relatives of modern crop plants can serve as sources of valuable genetic diversity for various traits (for example, disease resistance3,4 and nutritional quality5).
Half of my corn is genetically modified with various traits for herbicide tolerance and insect resistance.
We then used Discriminant Analysis to investigate the relative importance of various traits for distinguishing cultivated fruits from wild fruits.
RILs allow for repeated measurements and therefore for identifying loci influencing various traits of interest for breeders and researchers, but are relatively rarely used in rye genetics.
Several carrot maps for various traits of interest, including anthocyanin and carotenoid pigmentation, have been developed [ 18, 26, 29, 30] but common markers across linkage maps carrying similar traits in different genetic backgrounds were usually lacking in these previous studies.
Such a resource has the advantages of being grown, multiplied and screened for various traits of interest without any restriction unlike transposon/T-DNA insertional or genetically engineered mutants.
They have more recently been the focus of intensive breeding efforts, including, over the last few years, the development of molecular markers and the identification of genes responsible for various traits of agronomic interest (Paterson et al., 2005).
However, the Brassica B genome has been recognised as a useful source of novel alleles for various traits of interest, in particular disease resistance and tolerance to abiotic stress, and numerous attempts have been made to transfer these traits to the Brassica A and C genomes, with varying success [ 9, 13, 14, 17, 52- 54].
Our genetic linkage map will be useful for mapping QTLs associated with various traits, and for improving Japanese gentian breeding programs.
The improved genetic linkage maps and SSR markers developed in this study will serve as reference genetic linkage maps for members of the genus Dianthus, including carnation, and will be useful for mapping QTLs associated with various traits, and for improving carnation breeding programs.
Our genetic linkage maps, combined with the SSR markers developed in this study, represent reference genetic linkage maps for members of the genus Dianthus, including carnation, which will be useful for mapping QTLs associated with various traits, and for improving elite carnation cultivars in breeding programs.
