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Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/6299/
 
Title Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding
 
Creator Crouch, J H
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description The potential value of genetic markers, linkage maps and indirect selection in plant breeding has been known for over 80 years. However, it was not until the development of DNA marker technology in the 1980s, that a large enough number of environmentally insensitive genetic markers could be generated to adequately tag a range of important agronomic traits. Since this time DNA marker technology has promised to dramatically enhance the efficiency of plant breeding as molecular biology has already revolutionized research in the life sciences. Yet it is only now as we enter the new millennium that advances in automated technology present the
convenience, speed and level of throughput that can finally offer relevance to modern plant breeding pro grams.
The theoretical basis for molecular marker-assisted breeding is well established but still rapidly evolving with a wide array of published examples covering most crops of major
economic importance. Meanwhile, dramatic advances are being made in applied genomics, which will undoubtedly fuel the development of Knowledge-led breeding schemes. However,
beyond these scientific developments there is a particular paucity of studies addressing the practical and economic benefits of molecular breeding.
 
Date 2006
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6299/1/Molecular%20Marker-Assisted%20Breeding.pdf
Crouch, J H (2006) Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding. In: Asia and Pacific Seed Association Annual Conference, September, 2000.