Soybean (Glyine Max) a Globally Important Crop Plant That Originates From Asia

The seeds (called soybeans) are rich in protein (40% of dry weight) and contain a good mix of essential amino acids needed by humans...

Concepts of QTL Analysis and Genomic Selection

The use of molecular genetic markers for selection and genetic improvement is based on genetic linkage between these markers and a quantitative...

Biometrics Applied to Molecular Analysis in Genetic Diversity

Studies about genetic diversity have been of great importance for the purposes of genetic improvement and to evaluate the impact of...

How to Choice The Best Molecular Marker for Plant Breeding

The choice of the most appropriate molecular marker for genetic and plant breeding studies must be made on the basis of the ease of developing...

Evolution of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Since the beginning of agriculture in approximately 10,000 BC, people have consciously or unconsciously selected plants with superior characteristics...

Green Revolution to Gene Revolution

After World War II, as the world’s population spiraled out of control, many governments became concerned that they would not be able to feed...

Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries

By early 2003, genetically modified (genetically enhanced, as qualified by many scientists in developing countries) crops were already established...

Agricultural Biotechnology for Developing Countries

Since the early 1970s, when the exploitation of biotechnology started to soar in the industrialised countries, developing countries—representing...

How to Produce Haploid Plant ?

Haploids are defined as saprophytes with gametophytic chromosome number and have been produced in a variety of plant species using a variety...

Types of Seed Dormancy

This review will focus on the process of primary seed dormancy. As noted above, primary dormancy is characterised by a transient inability of...

Seeds control the survival and reproductive capacity of plants

Seeds control the survival and reproductive capacity of plants and therefore occupy a critical position in the life history of higher plants....

Anew building to accommodate growth of federally funded research in plant sciences.

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The Criollo genome has uncovered the genetic basis of pathways leading to the most important quality traits of chocolate

The production of high quality chocolate, and the farmers who grow it, will benefit from the recent sequencing and assembly of the chocolate...

Rapid Advancements in Plant Breeding

University of Illinois research has resulted in the development of a novel and widely applicable molecular tool that can serve as a road map...