Euphytica - 180 (1-3), 2011

Euphytica - 180 (1), 2011



Contents:

Special Issue: Grain Legumes for Global Health / Guest Edited by Bert Vandenberg & Tom Warkentin


Chickpea evolution has selected for contrasting phenological mechanisms among different habitats

J. D. Berger, S. P. Milroy, N. C. Turner, K. H. M. Siddique and M. Imtiaz, et al.


Ecological classification of white lupin landrace genetic resources

Paolo Annicchiarico, Nathalie Harzic, Christian Huyghe and Antonio Melchiorre Carroni


Legume genetic resources: management, diversity assessment, and utilization in crop improvement

H. D. Upadhyaya, S. L. Dwivedi, M. Ambrose, N. Ellis and J. Berger, et al.


Integrated gene resource management of underutilized legumes in India

K. S. Varaprasad, S. K. Sharma, N. Sivaraj and A. Sarker


Achievements in breeding autumn-sown annual legumes for temperate regions with emphasis on the continental Balkans

A. Mikić, V. Mihailović, B. Ćupina, V. Đorđević and D. Milić, et al.


Combining management and breeding advances to improve field pea (Pisum sativum L.) grain yields under changing climatic conditions in south-eastern Australia

L. S. McMurray, J. A. Davidson, M. D. Lines, A. Leonforte and M. U. Salam


Legume breeding for rust resistance: lessons to learn from the model Medicago truncatula

D. Rubiales, M. A. Castillejo, E. Madrid, E. Barilli and N. Rispail


Heat stress in food legumes: evaluation of membrane thermostability methodology and use of infra-red thermometry

Hossam M. Ibrahim


The genetic control of seed quality traits: effects of allelic variation at the Tri and Vc-2 genetic loci in Pisum sativum L.

C. Chinoy, T. Welham, L. Turner, C. Moreau and C. Domoney


The potential of lentil (Lens culinaris L.) as a whole food for increased selenium, iron, and zinc intake: preliminary results from a 3 year study

Dil Thavarajah, Pushparajah Thavarajah, Asoka Wejesuriya, Michael Rutzke and Raymond P. Glahn, et al.


Overcoming chronic malnutrition in a future warming world: the key importance of mungbean and vegetable soybean

J. D. H. Keatinge, W. J. Easdown, R. Y. Yang, M. L. Chadha and S. Shanmugasundaram


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Euphytica - 180 (2), 2011



Contents:

Combining ability, heterosis and genetic diversity in tropical maize (Zea mays L.) under stress and non-stress conditions

Dan Makumbi, Javier F. Betrán, Marianne Bänziger and Jean-Marcel Ribaut


The impact of GM seed admixture on the non-GM harvest product in maize (Zea mays L.)

Charles Njontie, Xavier Foueillassar, Nikolai K. Christov and Alexandra Hüsken


Identification of quantitative trait loci for Cd and Zn concentrations of brown rice grown in Cd-polluted soils

Xiaoqin Zhang, Guoping Zhang, Longbiao Guo, Huizhong Wang and Dali Zeng, et al.


Genetic loci linking improved heat tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to lower leaf and spike temperatures under controlled conditions

R. Esten Mason, Suchismita Mondal, Francis W. Beecher and Dirk B. Hays


Physiological attributes associated with yield and stability in selected lines of a durum wheat population

Anna Pedro, Roxana Savin, Dimah Z. Habash and Gustavo A. Slafer


QTL mapping of sheath blight resistance in a deep-water rice cultivar

Dong Fu, Liang Chen, Guohui Yu, Yi Liu and Qiaojun Lou, et al.


Effect of source germplasm and season on the in vivo haploid induction rate in tropical maize

Aida Z. Kebede, Baldev S. Dhillon, Wolfgang Schipprack, Jose L. Araus and Marianne Bänziger, et al.


Development of a PCR assay and marker-assisted transfer of leaf rust resistance gene Lr58 into adapted winter wheats

Vasu Kuraparthy, Shilpa Sood, Gina-Brown Guedira and Bikram S. Gill


Influence of allelic variations in glutenin on the quality of pan bread and white salted noodles made from Korean wheat cultivars

Chul Soo Park, Chon-Sik Kang, Ji-Ung Jeung and Sun-Hee Woo


Gene effects and heterosis for grain iron and zinc density in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br)

G. Velu, K. N. Rai, V. Muralidharan, T. Longvah and J. Crossa


Epistasis and complementary gene action adequately account for the genetic bases of transgressive segregation of kilo-grain weight in rice

Donghai Mao, Touming Liu, Caiguo Xu, Xianghua Li and Yongzhong Xing


A novel blast resistance locus in a rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar, Chumroo, of Bhutan

Kei Matsushita, Nobuko Yasuda, Thinlay, Shinzo Koizumi and Taketo Ashizawa, et al.


Low-nitrogen stress tolerance and nitrogen agronomic efficiency among maize inbreds: comparison of multiple indices and evaluation of genetic variation

Yongshen Wu, Wenguo Liu, Xinhai Li, Mingshun Li and Degui Zhang, et al.



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Euphytica - 180 (3), 2011



Contents:

Development of a methodology to forecast the nutritional value of new tomato hybrids

P. Carli, G. Caruso, V. Fogliano, D. Carputo and L. Frusciante, et al.


Molecular evidence of outcrossing rate variability in Brassica napus

P. Soengas, G. Padilla, M. Francisco, P. Velasco and M. E. Cartea


Search in Solanum (section Lycopersicon) germplasm for sources of broad-spectrum resistance to four Tospovirus species

É. C. Dianese, M. E. N. Fonseca, A. K. Inoue-Nagata, R. O. Resende and L. S. Boiteux


Genotype × environment interactions and simultaneous selection for high oil yield and stability in rainfed warm areas rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) from Iran

Mehdi Jamshid Moghaddam and Sayyed Saeid Pourdad


Impacts of erucic acid and glucosinolate content on genetic relationships between protein content and fatty acids of rape seed across environments

Chun-Hai Shi, Wei-Dong Xu, Qian-Ru Yu, Hai-Zhen Zhang and Zhong-Wei Yang, et al.


Development of a multiplex PCR method for simultaneous detection of diagnostic DNA markers of five disease and pest resistance genes in potato

Kazuyuki Mori, Yu Sakamoto, Nobuhiro Mukojima, Seiji Tamiya and Takashi Nakao, et al.


Selection for Phytophthora field resistance in the F2 generation of organic outdoor tomatoes

Bernd Horneburg and Heiko C. Becker


Diversity and physiological plasticity of vegetable genotypes of coriander improves herb yield, habit and harvesting window in any season

Uliana B. Bashtanova and Timothy J. Flowers


A method for testing drought tolerance in Fragaria based on fast screening for water deficit response and use of associated AFLP and EST candidate gene markers

Farzaneh Razavi, Ellen De Keyser, Jan De Riek and Marie Christine Van Labeke


QTL mapping of powdery mildew susceptibility in hop (Humulus lupulus L.)

John A. Henning, M. Shaun Townsend, David H. Gent, Nahla Bassil and Paul Matthews, et al.


Powdery mildew resistance gene (Pm-AN) located in a segregation distortion region of melon LGV

Xianlei Wang, Guan Li, Xingwang Gao, Liman Xiong and Wenlin Wang, et al.


Development of SCAR and CAPS markers linked to a recessive male sterility gene in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

M. Hayashi, A. Ujiie, H. Serizawa, H. Sassa and H. Kakui, et al.


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