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In silico analysis on frequency and distribution of microsatellites in ESTs of some cereal speciesRajeev K Varshney
Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Cell Mol Biol Lett 7:537-46. 2002....
Recent history of artificial outcrossing facilitates whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varietiesNils Rostoks
Genetics Programme and Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:18656-61. 2006....- Single nucleotide polymorphisms in rye (Secale cereale L.): discovery, frequency, and applications for genome mapping and diversity studiesR K Varshney
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Theor Appl Genet 114:1105-16. 2007..This showed a broad equivalence with respect to genetic diversity between these different data types... - A high density barley microsatellite consensus map with 775 SSR lociR K Varshney
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Theor Appl Genet 114:1091-103. 2007..This map also offers the possibilities of thorough alignment for the (future) physical map and implementation in haplotype diversity studies of barley... - Application of genomics to molecular breeding of wheat and barleyRajeev K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324, A P, India
Adv Genet 58:121-55. 2007..Genomics research will continue to enhance the efficiency and precision for crop improvement but will not replace conventional breeding and evaluation methods... 
Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvementRajeev K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nat Biotechnol 31:240-6. 2013..These data comprise a resource for chickpea improvement through molecular breeding and provide insights into both genome diversity and domestication...- Advances in genetics and molecular breeding of three legume crops of semi-arid tropics using next-generation sequencing and high-throughput genotyping technologiesRajeev K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, India
J Biosci 37:811-20. 2012..These trait-associated robust markers along with other genomic resources including genetic maps and genomic resources will certainly accelerate crop improvement programmes in the SAT legumes... - Development and characterization of BAC-end sequence derived SSRs, and their incorporation into a new higher density genetic map for cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)Hui Wang
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA
BMC Plant Biol 12:10. 2012..Accordingly molecular markers have low levels of polymorphism and the number of polymorphic molecular markers available for cultivated peanut is still limiting... - Current state-of-art of sequencing technologies for plant genomics researchMahendar Thudi
Centre of Excellence in Genomics, ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324, Greater Hyderabad, India
Brief Funct Genomics 11:3-11. 2012..This article provides an overview of different sequencing technologies with an emphasis on forthcoming TGS technologies and bioinformatics tools required for the latest evolution of DNA sequencing platforms... - Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmersRajeev K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru, India
Nat Biotechnol 30:83-9. 2012.... - Development and use of genic molecular markers (GMMs) for construction of a transcript map of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)Neha Gujaria
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Theor Appl Genet 122:1577-89. 2011..These resources should be useful not only for genome analysis and genetics and breeding applications of chickpea, but also for comparative legume genomics... - Identification of several small main-effect QTLs and a large number of epistatic QTLs for drought tolerance related traits in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)K Ravi
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India
Theor Appl Genet 122:1119-32. 2011..This study suggests deployment of modern approaches like marker-assisted recurrent selection or genomic selection instead of marker-assisted backcrossing approach for breeding for drought tolerance in groundnut... - A QTL study on late leaf spot and rust revealed one major QTL for molecular breeding for rust resistance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)Y P Khedikar
University of Agricultural Sciences UAS, Krishinagar, Dharwad, 580 005, Karnataka, India
Theor Appl Genet 121:971-84. 2010..Therefore, this marker should be useful for introgressing the major QTL for rust in desired lines/varieties of groundnut through marker-assisted backcrossing... - Integration of novel SSR and gene-based SNP marker loci in the chickpea genetic map and establishment of new anchor points with Medicago truncatula genomeSpurthi N Nayak
Centre of Excellence in Genomics CEG, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru, 502324, Andhra Pradesh, India
Theor Appl Genet 120:1415-41. 2010..The combined set of genetic markers and their integration into an improved genetic map should facilitate chickpea genetics and breeding, as well as translational studies between chickpea and Medicago... - Single feature polymorphisms (SFPs) for drought tolerance in pigeonpea (Cajanus spp.)Rachit K Saxena
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India
Funct Integr Genomics 11:651-7. 2011.... - Perl module and PISE wrappers for the integrated analysis of sequence data and SNP featuresB Jayashree
Bioinformatics Unit, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India
BMC Res Notes 2:92. 2009.... - Comparative analysis of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) between drought-tolerant and -susceptible genotypes of chickpea under terminal drought stressAmit A Deokar
National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology, IARI Campus, New Delhi 110012, India
BMC Plant Biol 11:70. 2011..We generated expressed sequence tags (ESTs) by suppression subtraction hybridization (SSH) to identify differentially expressed genes in drought-tolerant and -susceptible genotypes in chickpea... - Analysis of BAC-end sequences (BESs) and development of BES-SSR markers for genetic mapping and hybrid purity assessment in pigeonpea (Cajanus spp.)Abhishek Bohra
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, 502324, India
BMC Plant Biol 11:56. 2011.... - Development of genic-SSR markers by deep transcriptome sequencing in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh]Sutapa Dutta
National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
BMC Plant Biol 11:17. 2011..We report a comprehensive set of validated genic simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers using deep transcriptome sequencing, and its application in genetic diversity analysis and mapping... - Identification of candidate genome regions controlling disease resistance in ArachisSoraya C M Leal-Bertioli
Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, C P 02372, CEP 70 770 900, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
BMC Plant Biol 9:112. 2009..However, in peanut there is an almost complete lack of knowledge of the regions of the Arachis genome that control disease resistance... - Genetic structure, diversity, and allelic richness in composite collection and reference set in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)Hari D Upadhyaya
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru PO, 502324, AP, India
BMC Plant Biol 8:106. 2008..In this study, we report the genetic structure, diversity and allelic richness in a composite collection of chickpea using SSR markers, and formation of a reference set of 300 accessions... - Genetic relationships among seven sections of genus Arachis studied by using SSR markersRavi Koppolu
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru, Greater Hyderabad 502 324, AP, India
BMC Plant Biol 10:15. 2010.... - The first set of EST resource for gene discovery and marker development in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.)Nikku L Raju
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru, Greater Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
BMC Plant Biol 10:45. 2010..With an objective of enhancing genomic resources in pigeonpea, this study reports generation and analysis of comprehensive resource of FW- and SMD- responsive expressed sequence tags (ESTs)... - Transferability and polymorphism of barley EST-SSR markers used for phylogenetic analysis in Hordeum chilenseAlmudena Castillo
Institute for Sustainable Agriculture IAS CSIC, Alameda del Obispo s n, 14080 Cordoba, Spain
BMC Plant Biol 8:97. 2008..chilense genome... - Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers and their application for diversity assessment in cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea)Luu M Cuc
International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, Greater Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
BMC Plant Biol 8:55. 2008..The low level of polymorphism in cultivated germplasm, however, warrants a need of larger number of polymorphic microsatellite markers for cultivated groundnut... - Development and implementation of high-throughput SNP genotyping in barleyTimothy J Close
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California UCR, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
BMC Genomics 10:582. 2009.... - Laboratory Information Management Software for genotyping workflows: applications in high throughput crop genotypingB Jayashree
Bioinformatics and Biometrics Unit, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India
BMC Bioinformatics 7:383. 2006..Such systems, while serving to manage the workflow precisely, also encourage good laboratory practice by standardizing protocols, recording and annotating data from every step of the workflow... - Genomics-assisted breeding for crop improvementRajeev K Varshney
Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Trends Plant Sci 10:621-30. 2005..Nevertheless, marker-assisted breeding and selection will gradually evolve into 'genomics-assisted breeding' for crop improvement... - Agricultural biotechnology for crop improvement in a variable climate: hope or hype?Rajeev K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru, India
Trends Plant Sci 16:363-71. 2011.... - Advances in cereal genomics and applications in crop breedingRajeev K Varshney
Applied Genomics Laboratory, Global Theme on Biotechnology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru 502324, A P, India
Trends Biotechnol 24:490-9. 2006..Advances made in cereal genomics research in recent years thus offer the opportunities to enhance the prediction of phenotypes from genotypes for cereal breeding... - More genomic resources for less-studied cropsRajeev K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502324, A P, India
Trends Biotechnol 28:452-60. 2010..These resources have the potential to accelerate gene discovery and initiate molecular breeding in these crops, thereby enhancing crop productivity to ensure food security in developing countries... - Next-generation sequencing technologies and their implications for crop genetics and breedingRajeev K Varshney
Centre of Excellence in Genomics CEG, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru 502324, A P, India
Trends Biotechnol 27:522-30. 2009.... - A comprehensive resource of drought- and salinity- responsive ESTs for gene discovery and marker development in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)Rajeev K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru, Greater Hyderabad, AP, India
BMC Genomics 10:523. 2009..This study reports generation and analysis of comprehensive resource of drought- and salinity-responsive expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and gene-based markers... - The first SSR-based genetic linkage map for cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)R K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru, Greater Hyderabad 502 324, India
Theor Appl Genet 118:729-39. 2009..Therefore, the map should be useful for the community for a variety of applications... - Orphan legume crops enter the genomics era!Rajeev K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502324, A P, India
Curr Opin Plant Biol 12:202-10. 2009..The focus of these activities is the development of genome-scale data sets that can be used in high-throughput approaches to facilitate genomics-assisted breeding in these legumes... - Exploiting EST databases for the development and characterization of gene-derived SSR-markers in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)T Thiel
Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Theor Appl Genet 106:411-22. 2003.... - Genetic mapping and BAC assignment of EST-derived SSR markers shows non-uniform distribution of genes in the barley genomeR K Varshney
Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Theor Appl Genet 113:239-50. 2006..This unexpectedly high incidence of EST-SSRs physically linked at the sub-megabase level provides additional evidence of an uneven distribution of genes and the segmentation of the barley genome in gene-rich and gene-poor regions... - Generation and comparison of EST-derived SSRs and SNPs in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)R Kota
Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Correnstr 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Hereditas 135:145-51. 2001..The results show that although both marker types yielded similar groupings, a larger data set of both SSRs and SNPs is necessary to obtain stable clusters in unrelated germplasm... - A 1,000-loci transcript map of the barley genome: new anchoring points for integrative grass genomicsNils Stein
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany
Theor Appl Genet 114:823-39. 2007..It provides new anchor points for detailed studies in comparative grass genomics and will support future attempts towards the integration of genetic and physical mapping information... - Molecular plant breeding: methodology and achievementsRajeev K Varshney
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324, India
Methods Mol Biol 513:283-304. 2009..Some successful examples of product developments of molecular breeding have also been presented... - A database of simple sequence repeats from cereal and legume expressed sequence tags mined in silico: survey and evaluationB Jayashree
Bioinformatics and Biometrics Unit, International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
In Silico Biol 6:607-20. 2006..The primer pairs for non-redundant EST-SSRs have been designed and are freely available through the database (http://intranet.icrisat.org/gt1/ssr/ssrdatabase.html)... - Identification and characterization of toxigenic fusaria associated with sorghum grain mold complex in IndiaRajan Sharma
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 502324, India
Mycopathologia 171:223-30. 2011..Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed 54% of the variation in the AFLP patterns of 63 isolates was due to the differences between Fusarium species, and 46% was due to differences between the strains within a species... - Genic microsatellite markers in plants: features and applicationsRajeev K Varshney
Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Trends Biotechnol 23:48-55. 2005..Applications and potential uses of EST-SSRs in plant genetics and breeding are discussed... - Comparative analysis of the grain proteome fraction in barley genotypes with contrasting salinity tolerance during germinationKatja Witzel
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Plant Cell Environ 33:211-22. 2010..Two of these, heat-shock protein 70 and Glc/RibDH, co-localized with the identified QTL on chromosome 5H. The putative functional role of the candidates is discussed... - The first genetic map of pigeon pea based on diversity arrays technology (DArT) markersShi Ying Yang
Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Limited, 1 Wilf Crane Crescent, Yarralumla, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
J Genet 90:103-9. 2011..0 cM and 451.6 cM, respectively. These are the first genetic linkage maps developed for pigeon pea, and this is the first report of genetic mapping in any grain legume using diversity arrays technology... - Large-scale analysis of the barley transcriptome based on expressed sequence tagsHangning Zhang
, Correnstrasse 3, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Plant J 40:276-90. 2004..Moreover, because of their predominant expression in germinating seeds, TF of the AP2 and MYB type are presumably major regulators of germination... - Identification, characterization and utilization of EST-derived genic microsatellite markers for genome analyses of coffee and related speciesRamesh K Aggarwal
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, India
Theor Appl Genet 114:359-72. 2007.... - Dissection of the barley 2L1.0 region carrying the 'Laevigatum' quantitative resistance gene to leaf rust using near-isogenic lines (NIL) and subNILThierry C Marcel
Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Mol Plant Microbe Interact 20:1604-15. 2007..Possible homologs of those peroxidases and MAP3K in barley are candidates for the gene that contributes to partial resistance to P. hordei...