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Visualizing Chromosome Territories and Nuclear Architecture of Large Plant Genomes Using Alien Introgressions
Visualization of chromosome territories is a challenging task in plant genomes due to the lack of chromosome-specific probes, especially in species with large genomes. On the other hand, combination of flow so...
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Open AccessTriploid forage grass hybrids Festuca apennina × F. pratensis display extraordinary heterosis for yield characteristics
Hybrid vigor (or heterosis) is the over-performance of a hybrid over its parents in a specific trait or a set of traits. As such, hybrid breeding serves as a tool to efficiently trigger gains in breeding progr...
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Open AccessComparative analyses of DNA repeats and identification of a novel Fesreba centromeric element in fescues and ryegrasses
Cultivated grasses are an important source of food for domestic animals worldwide. Increased knowledge of their genomes can speed up the development of new cultivars with better quality and greater resistance ...
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Inter-morphotype hybridization in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.): exploration of meiotic irregularities and potential for breeding
The Continental morphotype of tall fescue is one of the main forage and turf grass species. However, it suffers from summer drought, especially in dry and hot climates. On the other hand, the Mediterranean mor...
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Frequent occurrence of triploid hybrids Festuca pratensis × F. apennina in the Swiss Alps
The occurrence of triploid hybrids in nature is scarce due to the so-called triploid block representing formation of nonviable progeny after mating diploid with tetraploid. Here we describe frequent presence o...
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Open AccessInheritance patterns of the response to in vitro doubled haploid induction in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
The ability to produce doubled haploid (DH) plants has found broad application in research and breeding. For major crop species such as maize (Zea mays L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), routine large-scale pro...
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Variation in genome composition of blue-aleurone wheat
Different blue-aleurone wheats display major differences in chromosome composition, ranging from disomic chromosome additions, substitutions, single chromosome arm introgressions and chromosome...
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Open AccessOn the genome constitution and evolution of intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium: Poaceae, Triticeae)
The wheat tribe Triticeae (Poaceae) is a diverse group of grasses representing a textbook example of reticulate evolution. Apart from globally important grain crops, there are also wild grasses which are of gr...
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Genetic map** of DArT markers in the Festuca–Lolium complex and their use in freezing tolerance association analysis
Species belonging to the Festuca–Lolium complex are important forage and turf species and as such, have been studied intensively. However, their out-crossing nature and limited availability of molecular markers m...
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Genomic constitution of Festuca × Lolium hybrids revealed by the DArTFest array
Complementary attributes of Festuca and Lolium grasses can be combined in hybrid cultivars called Festuloliums, which are becoming increasingly popular fodder crops and amenity plants. Genomic constitution of com...
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Open AccessFeasibility of physical map construction from fingerprinted bacterial artificial chromosome libraries of polyploid plant species
The presence of closely related genomes in polyploid species makes the assembly of total genomic sequence from shotgun sequence reads produced by the current sequencing platforms exceedingly difficult, if not ...
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DArTFest – A Platform for High-Throughput Genome Profiling Within the Festuca – Lolium Complex
With the aim to facilitate high-throughput genome profiling and genetic and physical map** within the Festuca-Lolium complex, we have developed a Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) array for five important spec...
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Open AccessDevelopment and map** of DArT markers within the Festuca - Lolium complex
Grasses are among the most important and widely cultivated plants on Earth. They provide high quality fodder for livestock, are used for turf and amenity purposes, and play a fundamental role in environment pr...
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Open AccessA first survey of the rye (Secale cereale) genome composition through BAC end sequencing of the short arm of chromosome 1R
Rye (Secale cereale L.) belongs to tribe Triticeae and is an important temperate cereal. It is one of the parents of man-made species Triticale and has been used as a source of agronomically important genes for w...
