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Fusarium head blight resistance loci in a stratified population of wheat landraces and varieties
To determine if Chinese and Japanese wheat landraces and varieties have unique sources of Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance, an association map** panel of 195 wheat accessions including both commercial v...
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Fine map** of qSB-11 LE , the QTL that confers partial resistance to rice sheath blight
Sheath blight (SB), caused by Rhizoctonia solani kühn, is one of the most serious global rice diseases. No major resistance genes to SB have been identified so far. All discovered loci are quantitative resistance...
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Open AccessA combination of leaf rust resistance gene Lr34 and lesion mimic gene lm significantly enhances adult plant resistance to Puccinia triticina in wheat
Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina is an economically-important disease in wheat worldwide. A combination of different types of resistance genes may significantly enhance rust resistance under rust-favorable ...
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Quantitative trait loci for resistance to Fusarium head blight in the Chinese wheat landrace Huangfangzhu
The Chinese wheat landrace Huangfangzhu (HFZ) has a high level of resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB). To identify chromosomal regions that are responsible for FHB resistance in HFZ, F8 recombinant inbred li...
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Quantitative trait loci for resistance to fusarium head blight in a Chinese wheat landrace Haiyanzhong
Fusarium head blight (FHB) of wheat causes not only significant reduction in grain yield and end-use quality, but also the contamination of the grain with mycotoxins that are detrimental to human and animal he...
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Molecular Evolution of the CPP-like Gene Family in Plants: Insights from Comparative Genomics of Arabidopsis and Rice
CPP-like genes are members of a small family which features the existence of two similar Cys-rich domains termed CXC domains in their protein products and are distributed widely in plants...
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Develo** gene-tagged molecular markers for functional analysis of starch-synthesizing genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
The granule-bound starch synthase(GBSS), starch branching enzymes 1 (SBE1)and 3 (SBE3) are major enzymes involved in starch biosynthesis in rice endosperm. Available sequences of Sbe1 and Sbe3 genes encoding corr...
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Estimation of genome length
The genome length is a fundamental feature of a species. This note outlined the general concept and estimation method of the physical and genetic length. Some formulae for estimating the genetic length were de...
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Grain filling pattern and cytokinin content in the grains and roots of rice plants
Grain filling patterns and their relationships withzeatin (Z), zeatin riboside (ZR), indole-3-acetic acid(IAA) and gibberellin (GA) contents in the grains androots during grain development were examined in six...