Plant Breeding - 131 (1), 2012

Contents:

REVIEW ARTICLE


Breeding for resistance to ear rots caused by Fusarium spp. in maize – a review (pages 1–19)

Ákos Mesterházy, Marc Lemmens and Lana M. Reid


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Identification of candidate gene–based SSR markers for lysine and tryptophan metabolic pathways in maize (Zea mays) (pages 20–27)

Banisetti K. Babu, Pawan K. Agrawal, Hari S. Gupta, Anil Kumar and Jagadeesh C. Bhatt


Inheritance of resistance to Gibberella ear rot and deoxynivalenol contamination in five flint maize crosses (pages 28–32)

Matthias Martin, Baldev S. Dhillon, Thomas Miedaner and Albrecht E. Melchinger


Mapping QTL for heat tolerance at flowering stage in rice using SNP markers (pages 33–41)

Changrong Ye, May A. Argayoso, Edilberto D. Redona, Sheryl N. Sierra, Marcelino A. Laza, Christine J. Dilla, Youngjun Mo, Michael J. Thomson, Joonghyoun Chin, Celia B. Delavina, Genaleen Q. Diaz and Jose E. Hernandez


Mapping of tms8 gene for temperature-sensitive genic male sterility (TGMS) in rice (Oryza sativa L.) (pages 42–47)

Appibhai J. Hussain, Jauhar Ali, Ebrahimali A. Siddiq, Vidya S. Gupta, Umesh K. Reddy and Prabhakar K. Ranjekar


Characterization of quantitative trait loci for number of primary branches in near-isogenic lines from a cross between the Oryza sativa cultivar ‘Hwayeongbyeo’ and the wild relative Oryza rufipogon (pages 48–53)

Shi-Dong Ji, Ping-Rong Yuan, Luo Xiao, Hyun-Sook Lee and Sang-Nag Ahn


Rapid phenotyping for adult-plant resistance to stripe rust in wheat (pages 54–61)

Lee T. Hickey, Peter M. Wilkinson, Cheridan R. Knight, Ian D. Godwin, Olena Y. Kravchuk, Elizabeth A. B. Aitken, Urmil K. Bansal, Harbans S. Bariana, Ian H. De Lacy and Mark J. Dieters


Assessment of the effects of the Gpc-B1 allele on senescence rate, grain protein concentration and mineral content in hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from the Pacific Northwest Region of the USA (pages 62–68)

Arron H. Carter, Dipak K. Santra and Kimberlee K. Kidwell


Development and identification of wheat–barley 2H chromosome translocation lines carrying the Isa gene (pages 69–74)

Hongda Zou, Ying Wu, Hongkui Liu, Zhishan Lin, Xingguo Ye, Xiao Chen and Yaping Yuan


Allelopathic potential of Triticum spp., Secale spp. and Triticosecale spp. and use of chromosome substitutions and translocations to improve weed suppression ability in winter wheat (pages 75–80)

Nils-Ove Bertholdsson, Staffan C. Andersson and Arnulf Merker


Molecular cytogenetic identification of a wheat-Aegilops geniculata Roth spontaneous chromosome substitution and its effects on the growth and physiological responses of seedlings to osmotic stress (pages 81–87)

Svetlana Landjeva, Konstantina Kocheva, Tania Karceva, Adél Sepsi, István Molnár, Annamária Schneider, Ganka Ganeva, Georgi Georgiev and Márta Molnár-Láng


Male parent effects on stigma receptivity and seed set of sorghum A-lines under chilling field temperatures (pages 88–93)

Ma. Eugenia Cisneros-López, Leopoldo E. Mendoza-Onofre and Víctor A. González-Hernández


Influence of types of sterile cytoplasm on the resistance to sorghum shoot fly (Atherigona soccata) (pages 94–99)

Umakanth V. Akula, Padmaja G. Poluru, Ashok Kumar Jangam and Patil V. Jagannath


Quantitative genetic parameters for selection of biomass yield in hybrid rye (pages 100–103)

Thomas Miedaner, Silvia Koch, Andreas Seggl, Brigitta Schmiedchen and Peer Wilde


Estimation of heritability of benzoxazinoid production in rye (Secale cereale) using gas chromatographic analysis (pages 104–109)

Ashley M. Brooks, David A. Danehower, J. Paul Murphy, S. Chris Reberg-Horton and James D. Burton


Efficiency of PowerCore in core set development using amplified fragment length polymorphic markers in mungbean (pages 110–117)

Kyaw Thu Moe, Jae-Gyun Gwag and Yong-Jin Park


Development of EST-derived SSR markers in pea (Pisum sativum) and their potential utility for genetic mapping and transferability (pages 118–124)

Raghvendra K. Mishra, Baniekal H. Gangadhar, Akula Nookaraju, Sushil Kumar and Se W. Park


Participatory approach in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding for drought tolerance for southern Ethiopia (pages 125–134)

Asrat Asfaw, Conny J. M. Almekinders, Matthew W. Blair and Paul C. Struik


Meiotic analysis of the hybrids between cultivated and synthetic tetraploid groundnuts (pages 135–138)

Nalini Mallikarjuna, Sandhya Srikanth, Ravi K. Vellanki, Deepak R. Jadhav, Kumkum Das and Hari D. Upadhyaya


Highly informative genic and genomic SSR markers to facilitate molecular breeding in cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) (pages 139–147)

Manish K. Pandey, Bhimana Gautami, Thandoniappan Jayakumar, Manda Sriswathi, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Makanahally V. Chennabyre Gowda, Thankappan Radhakrishnan, David J. Bertioli, Steven J. Knapp, Duglas R. Cook and Rajeev K. Varshney


Evaluation of a peanut collection for shell-colour traits in two diverse soil types (pages 148–154)

Ran Hovav, Hana Badani, Idit Ginzberg, Ilan Chedvat, Yael Brand and Shmuel Galili


Male Sterility in three crop Lupinus species (pages 155–163)

Jon C. Clements, Julia Wilson, Mark W. Sweetingham, John Quealy and Gordon Francis


Improved production of doubled haploids in Brassica rapa through microspore culture (pages 164–169)

Yun Zhang, Aijie Wang, Yang Liu, Yushu Wang and Hui Feng


The downy mildew resistance locus Pp523 is located on chromosome C8 of Brassica oleracea L. (pages 170–175)

Jorge D. Carlier, Claudia A. Alabaça, Paula S. Coelho, António A. Monteiro and José M. Leitao


A simple and rapid procedure for identification of seed coat colour at the early developmental stage of Brassica juncea and Brassica napus seeds (pages 176–179)

Ying Lu, Xianjun Liu, Shuyan Liu, Yingchun Yue, Chunyun Guan and Zhongsong Liu


Morphological traits of phytomers and shoots in the first year of growth as markers for predicting apple tree canopy architecture (pages 180–185)

Vidmantas Bendokas, Dalia Gelvonauskiene, Tadeusas Siksnianas, Grazina Staniene, Jurate B. Siksnianiene, Bronislovas Gelvonauskis and Vidmantas Stanys


Development of sequence-tagged site markers linked to the pillar growth type in peach (Prunus persica) (pages 186–192)

Osama Sajer, Ralph Scorza, Chris Dardick, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Albert G. Abbott and Renate Horn


Chromosomal regions associated with dollar spot resistance in colonial bentgrass (pages 193–197)

David Rotter, Emily Merewitz, Bingru Huang and Faith C. Belanger


Recurrent selection for increased seed germination in sand bluestem (Andropogon hallii) (pages 198–202)

Tim L. Springer


Parent–offspring correlation estimate of heritability for late blight resistance conferred by an accession of the tomato wild species Solanum pimpinellifolium (pages 203–210)

Heather L. Merk and Majid R. Foolad


The expression of pectin methylesterase in onion flower buds is associated with the dominant male-fertility restoration allele (pages 211–216)

Yumeng Huo, Jun Miao, Bingjiang Liu, Yanyan Yang, Yihui Zhang, Yasuki Tahara, Qingwei Meng, Qiwei He, Hidemi Kitano and Xiong Wu


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


Inheritance of foliar blast resistance in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) (pages 217–219)

Shashi K. Gupta, Rajan Sharma, Kedar N. Rai and Ram P. Thakur


Inheritance of resistance to sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) in an interspecific cross between Helianthus annuus and Helianthus debilis subsp. tardiflorus (pages 220–221)

Leonardo Velasco, Begona Pérez-Vich, Ahmed A. M. Yassein, Chao-Chien Jan and José M. Fernández-Martínez


Additional pea EST-SSR markers for comparative mapping in pea (Pisum sativum L.) (pages 222–226)

Jason De Caire , Clarice J. Coyne, Sarah Brumett and Jeffry L. Shultz


Genomic variation of new cultivars selected from distant hybridization in Lilium (pages 227–230)

Xianxian Zhang, Guiling Ren, Kehu Li, Guixue Zhou and Shujun Zhou


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