Marker Assisted Selection in Wheat - HOME CSREES-USDA Marker Assisted Selection in Wheat
Wheat is one of the most important cereal crops worldwide, and for centuries breeders strived to adapt it to different climates, enhance yield and increase the resistance to environmental stresses, microbial pathogenes and insect pests.

In the United States wheat is unique among the major crop plants in that public sector researchers are the main providers of the new varieties farmers grow. Between 2001-2003, public varieties accounted for 78% of the wheat production in the US.

The goal of this project is to increase the competitiveness of public wheat breeding programs through the intensive use of modern selection technologies, mainly Marker Assisted Selection (MAS).

The links below present more information on MAS and our work, educational and outreach materials and detailed laboratory methods.


 
 

Fellowship opportunity !

Plant Breeding: A modern career

New! Two animations on cereal quality and protein formation

 

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The WheatCAP newsletter


IFAFS project (2001-05). A report on our previous MAS project
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Request a genotyping job (restricted page). A tutorial is available here.

This project is funded by the USDA-CSREES National Research Initiative Plant Genome Program
Project leader Jorge Dubcovsky
Site maintained by Marcelo A. Soria.
Last update: May 12, 2008.