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Concepts and Employment of Molecular Markers in Crop Breeding

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The molecular marker system has transformed the outcome of crop breeding by overcoming the shortcomings of conventional breeding. Molecular breeding is fast, not time-bound, precise, and efficient as compared to traditional breeding which is time-consuming, time- and season-bound, and less efficient. Advancement in genetics, breeding, genome selection, and editing has led to deeper understanding of the wide application of molecular markers for crops. Several types of molecular markers have been developed and deployed to gear up crop improvement in almost all crop plants. In this chapter, we have discussed major types of molecular markers used commonly like RFLP, RAPD, AFLP, SSR, SNP, and their application in crop breeding since these are the root of advanced markers used for marker-assisted selection, genome editing, and next-generation sequencing.

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  1. Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-Jaipur, India

    Varsha Kumari, Shyam Singh Rajput & Ashok Kumar Meena

  2. Department of Plant Biotechnology, Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Kalaburagi, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, India

    S. B. Yeri

  3. Department of Agronomy, SKN College of Agriculture, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-Jaipur, India

    Priyanka Kumawat

  4. National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, India

    Sharda Choudhary

  5. Department of Entomology, SKN College of Agriculture, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-Jaipur, India

    Ram Kishor Meena

  6. Department of Dairy Science, College of Bharatpur, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-Jaipur, India

    Raj Kumar Meena

  7. Department of Plant Pathology, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-Jaipur, India

    Poonam Kumari

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Kumari, V. et al. (2023). Concepts and Employment of Molecular Markers in Crop Breeding. In: Kumar, N. (eds) Molecular Marker Techniques. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1612-2_4

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