2010 Research Publications

Programme publications

Project publications

GCP Project Publications

1) Books
Open access
Monneveux P and Ribaut J-M, eds. Drought phenotyping in crops: from theory to practice CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme, Texcoco, Mexico. 475pp. (in press: published electronically in 2010). Online version

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Andersson MS and de Vicente MC (Foreword by Ellstrand NC). (2010). Gene Flow between Crops and Their Wild Relatives. Johns Hopkins University Press, USA, 604 pp. ISBN-10: 0801893143; ISBN-13: 9780801893148. Book details. More

Xu Y (2010). Molecular plant breeding. CAB International, Wallington, UK, 752 pp. ISBN: 978 1 84593 392 0. Preview (preliminary pages only).  

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2) Book chapters
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Ceballos H, Okogbenin E, Perez JC, Becerra Lopez-Valle LA, Debouck D (2010). Cassava. In: Root and Tuber crops (Bradshaw JE, ed).In the series: Handbook of Plant Breeding, 2010, Volume 7, pp 53-96 (DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-92765-7_2) (G4008.26) Abstract 

Jamieson PD, Asseng S, Chapman SC, Dreccer MF, White JW, McMaster GS, Porter JR and Semenov MA (2010). Modelling wheat production. In: World Wheat Book (van Ginkel M, Bonjean A and Angus W, eds). Lavoisier, Paris, France.

Mullan DJ and Barrett-Lennard EG (2010). Breeding crops for tolerance to salinity, waterlogging and inundation. In: Climate Change and Crop Production (Reynolds MP , ed.) CABI Publishing. pp 92-114. (G3007.06) Abstract

Upadhyaya HD, Kashiwagi J, Varshney RK, Gaur PM, Saxena KB, Krishnamurthy L, Gowda CLL, Pundir RPS, Chaturvedi SK, Basu PS and Singh IP (2010). Phenotyping chickpeas and pigeonpeas for adaption to drought. In: Drought phenotyping in crops: from theory to practice (Ribaut JM and Monneveux P, eds). (Accepted).

Varshney RK, Pazhamala L, Kashiwagi J, Gaur PM, Krishnamurthy L and Hoisington DA (2010). Genomics and physiological approaches for root trait breeding to improve drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) In: Root Genomics (Costa de Oliveira A and Varshney RK, eds). Springer, The Netherlands (in press).

Varshney RK, Thudi M, May GD and Jackson SA (2010). Legume genomics and breeding. In: Plant Breeding Reviews Volume 33 (Jules J, ed). Wiley-Blackwell, USA, pp 257-304. ISBN: 978-0-470-52585-2.

Whitford R, Gilbert M and Langridge P (2009). Biotechnology in Agriculture. In: Climate Change and Crop Production (Reynolds MP, ed.) CABI Publishing. pp 219-244. Abstract (G3007.06)

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3) Journals and Journal articles 

Journals
Open access
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Cook DR and Varshney RK, eds. (2010) Genome studies and molecular genetics. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 13 (2). 111 pp (pp 115–226). Details 

Gupta PK, Balyan HS and Varshney RK, eds. (2010) Quantitative Genetics and Plant Genomics. Molecular Breeding Volume 26, Number 2. 247 pp (pp 133–380). Overview; Table of contents

Journal articles 

Open access

Agbicodo EM, Fatokun CA, Bandyopadhyay R, Wydra K, Diop NN, Muchero W, Ehlers JD, Roberts PA, Close TJ, Visser RGF and van der Linden CG (2010). Identification of markers associated with bacterial blight resistance loci in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]. Euphytica 175(2): 215–226 (TLI cowpea G6010.02) PDF 

Akhter J , Monneveux P, Sabir SA, Ashraf MY, Lateef Z, Serraj R. (2010). Selection of drought tolerant rice cultivars through 13C isotope discrimination technique. Pakistan Journal of Botany 42: 3887–3897. (G3008.06 – SP3) PDF 

Baurens F-C, Bocs S, Rouard M., Matsumoto T., Miller RNG, Rodier-Goud M, MBeguie-A-MBeguie D and Yahiaoui N (2010). Mechanisms of haplotype divergence at the RGA08 nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat gene locus in wild banana (Musa balbisiana). BMC Plant Biology 10: 149. (DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-149) (G4005.15 – SP2) PDF 

Blair MW, Gonzales LF, Kimani P, Butare L (2010). Genetic diversity, inter-gene pool introgression and nutritional quality of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from Central Africa. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 121 (2):237–248. (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1305-x) PDF 

Chin HJ, Lu X, Lu X, Haefele SM, Gamuyao RL, Ismail AM, Wissuwa M and Heuer S (2010). Development and application of gene-based markers for the major rice QTL Phosphate uptake 1. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 120 (6):1073–1086 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1235-7). Also published online in 2009. (G4008.41, G3008.04 – SP3) PDF 

Chung C-L, Longfellow JM, Walsh EK, Kerdieh Z, Van Esbroeck G, Balint-Kurti P and Nelson RJ (2010). Resistance loci affecting distinct stages of fungal pathogenesis: use of introgression lines for QTL mapping and characterization in the maize - Setosphaeria turcica pathosystem. BMC Plant Biology 10:103 (G3005.08 – SP2) PDF 

Córdoba JM, Chavarro MC, Rojas F, Muñoz C, Blair MW (2010). Identification of BAC-end SSR markers from common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and use in integrated genetic and physical mapping. Plant Genome 3 (3):154-165 (DOI:10.3835/plantgenome2010.06.0013) (TLI) PDF 

Córdoba JM, Chavarro MC, Schleuter JJ, Jackson SA, Blair MW (2010). Integration of physical and genetic maps of the common bean genome through microsatellite markers. BMC Genomics 11:436 (DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-11-436) (TLI) PDF 

Davidson RM, Manosalva PM, Snelling J, Bruce M, Leung H and Leach JE (2010). Rice Germin-Like Proteins: Allelic Diversity and Relationships to Early Stress Responses. Rice 3:43–55 (DOI: 10.1007/s12284-010-9038-7) PDF 

Famoso AN, Clark RT, Shaff JE, Craft E, McCouch SR, Kochian LV (2010). Development of a novel aluminum tolerance phenotyping platform used for comparisons of cereal aluminum tolerance and investigations into rice aluminum tolerance mechanisms. Plant Physiology 153: 1678–1691 (DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.156794) (G7009.07) PDF

Faye I, Foncéka D, Rami J-F, Tossim H-A, Sall MN, Diop AT and Ndoye O (2010). Inheritance of fresh seed dormancy in Spanish-type peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.): bias introduced by inadvertent selfed flowers as revealed by microsatellite markers control. African Journal of Biotechnology 9 (13): 905–1910. PDF 

Gutierrez A, Carabali S, Giraldo OX, Martinez CP, Correa F, Prado G, Tohme J and Lorieux M (2010). Identification of a rice Stripe Necrosis Virus resistance locus and yield component QTLs using Oryza sativa x O. glaberrima introgression lines. BMC Plant Biology 10:6. (G3005.10 – SP1) PDF 

Hippolyte I, Bakry F, Seguin M, Gardes L, Rivallan R, Risterucci A-M, Jenny C, Perrier X, Carreel F, Argout X, Piffanelli P, Khan IA, Miller RNG, Pappas GJ, Mbeguie-a-Mbeguie D, Matsumoto T, de Bernardinis V, Huttner E, Kilian A, Baurens FC, D'Hont A, Cote F,  Courtois B, and Glaszmann JC (2010). A saturated SSR/DArT linkage map of Musa acuminate addressing genome rearrangements among bananas. BMC Plant Biology 10:65 (DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-65). (G4005.15 – SP2) PDF 

Kassahun B, Bidinger FR, Hash CT and Kuruvinashetti MS (2010). Stay-green expression in early generation sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] QTL introgression lines. Euphytica 172 (3):351–362. (DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-0108-0). Also published online in 2009. PDF 

Khedikar YP, Gowda MVC, Sarvamangala C, Patgar KV, Upadhyaya HD, Varshney RK (2010). A QTL study on late leaf spot and rust revealed one major QTL for molecular breeding for rust resistance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 121: 971–984 (G6007.01 – RI groundnut) PDF 

Koppolu R, Upadhyaya HD, Dwivedi SL, Hoisington DA and Varshney RK (2010). Genetic relationships among 7 sections of genus Arachis studied by using SSR markers. BMC Plant Biology 10:15 (SP2L – discretionary grant) PDF 

Maron LG, Piñeros MA, Guimarães CT, Magalhaes JV, Pleiman JF, Mao C, Shaff JE, Belicuas SNJ, Kochian LV (2010). Two functionally distinct members of the MATE (multidrug and toxic compound extrusion) family of transporters potentially underlie two major Al tolerance QTL in maize. Plant Journal 61:728–740. (G3008.02 –SP1) PDF

Muchero W, Ehlers JD, Close TJ and Roberts PA (2010). Genic SNP markers and legume synteny reveal candidate genes underlying QTL for Macrophomina phaseolina resistance and maturity in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp.]. BMC Genomics 12:8 (G6010.02 – TLI) PDF 

Muchero W, Ehlers JD and Roberts PA (2010). Restriction site polymorphism-based candidate gene mapping for seedling drought tolerance in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]. Theoretical Applied Genetics 120:509–518 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1171-6). Also published online in 2009. (G6010.02 – TLI) PDF.

Muchero W, Ehlers JD, and Roberts PA (2010). QTL analysis for resistance to foliar damage caused by Thrips tabaci and Frankliniella schultzei (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) feeding in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]. Molecular Breeding 25:47–56 (DOI 10.1007/s11032-009-9307-6). Also published online in 2009. (G6010.02 – TLI) PDF

Nayak SN, Zhu H, Varghese N, Datta S, Choi H-K, Horres R, Jüngling R, Singh J, Kavi Kishor PB, Sivaramakrihnan S, Hoisington DA, Kahl G, Winter P, Cook DR and Varshney RK (2010). Integration of novel SSR and gene-based SNP marker loci in the chickpea genetic map and establishment of new anchor points with Medicago truncatula genome. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 120:1415–1441. (G6007.04 – chickpea RI, G7009.02 – SP2) PDF 

Nielen S, Campos-Fonseca F, Leal-Bertioli S, Guimarães P, Seijo G, Town C, Arrial R, Bertioli D (2010). FIDEL—a retrovirus-like retrotransposon and its distinct evolutionary histories in the A- and B-genome components of cultivated peanut. Chromosome Research 18 (2): 227–246 (DOI 10.1007/s10577-009-9109-z). (G3005.05 – SP3) PDF 

Okiyo T, Gudu S, Kiplagat O, Owuoche J (2010). Combining drought and aluminium toxicity tolerance to improve sorghum productivity. African Crop Science Journal 18(4):147–154. ISSN 1021-9730/2010. PDF 

Poire R, Wiese-Klinkenberg A, Parent B, Mielewczik M, Schurr U, Tardieu F and Walter A (2010). Diel time-courses of leaf growth in monocot and dicot species: endogenous rhythms and temperature effects. Journal of Experimental Botany 61 (6):1751–1759 (G3005.15 – SP2) PDF 

Raju NL, Gnanesh BN,  Lekha P, Jayashree B, Pande S, Hiremath PJ, Byregowda M,  Singh NK and Varshney RK (2010). The first set of EST resource for gene discovery and marker development in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). BMC Plant Biology 10:45 (DOI:10.1186/1471-2229-10-45). (G4008.47 – SP2) PDF 

Ruta N, Stamp P, Liedgens M, Fracheboud Y and Hund A (2010). Collocations of QTLs for seedling traits and yield components of tropical maize under limited water availability. Crop Science 50 (4):1385–1392 (DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.01.0036) (G3005.15 – SP2) PDF 

Schafleitner R, Tincopa LR, Palomino O, Rossel G, Robles RF, Alagon R, Rivera C, Quispe C, Rojas L, Pacheco JA, Solis J, Cerna D, Kim JY, Hou J, Simon R. (2010). A sweet potato gene index established by de novo assembly of pyrosequencing and Sanger sequences and mining for gene-based microsatellite markers. BMC Genomics 11:604. (DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-604). (G4008.09 – SP2) PDF

Shrestha R, Arnaud E, Mauleon R, Senger M, Davenport GF, Hancock D, Morrison N, Bruskiewich R and McLaren G (2010). Multifunctional crop trait ontology for breeders' data: field book, annotation, data discovery and semantic enrichment of the literature. AoB Plants Volume 2010: plq008 11 p. ISSN: 2041–2851 (online: DOI:10.1093/aobpla/plq008). (G4009.03 – SP4) Article 

Thakur V and Varshney R (2010). Challenges and Strategies for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Data Analysis. Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology 3 (2):40–42 (DOI: 10.4172/jcsb.1000053). (G4009.04 – SP4) PDF 

Van Damme D, Gómez-Paniagua H and de Vicente MC (2010). The GCP molecular marker toolkit, an instrument for use in breeding food security crops. Molecular Breeding (DOI: 10.1007/s11032-010-9512-3Online First™) (G4008.35 – SP5) PDF 

Varshney RK, Penmetsa RV, Dutta S, Kulwal PL, Saxena RK, Datta S, Sharma TR, Rosen B, Carrasquilla-Garcia N, Farmer AD, Dubey A, Saxena KB, Gao J, Fakrudin B, Singh MN, Singh BP, Wanjari KB, Yuan M, Srivastava RK, Kilian A, Upadhyaya HD, Mallikarjuna N, Town CD, Bruening GE, He G, May GD, McCombie R, Jackson SA, Singh NK, Cook DR (2010). Pigeonpea genomics initiative (PGI): an international effort to improve crop productivity of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). Molecular Breeding 26(3):393–408 Also published online: 17 September 2009 (DOI 10.1007/s11032-009-9327-2) (G4008.47 – SP2) PDF 

Waddington SR, Li X, Dixon J, Hyman G and de Vicente MC (2010). Getting the focus right: production constraints for six major food crops in Asian and African farming systems. Food Security 2:27–48 (DOI: 10.1007/s12571-010-0053-8). (SP5) PDF 

Wang Z, Wu X, Ren Q, Chang X, Li R, Jing R (2010). QTL mapping for developmental behavior of plant height in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Euphytica 174(3): 447–458. Published online: 21 April 2010 (DOI: 10.1007/s10681-010-0166-3). (G4007.06 – SP3) PDF 

Wu X, Wang Z, Chang X and Jing R (2010). Genetic dissection of the developmental behaviours of plant height in wheat under diverse water regimes Journal of Experimental Botany 61(11): 2923–2937 first published online May 24, 2010 (DOI:10.1093/jxb/erq117). (G4007.06 – SP3) PDF

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Asante MD, Kovach MJ, Huang L, Harrington S, Dartey PK, Akromah R, Semon M and McCouch S (2010). The genetic origin of fragrance in NERICA1. Molecular Breeding (online) (DOI 10.1007/s11032-009-9382-8). Abstract  

Blair MW, López-Marín HD, Rao IM (2009/10) Aluminum resistance in Andean common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology 21(4): 291–300 Abstract

Chavarro MC, Blair MW (2010). QTL analysis of Heat and Drought Tolerance in an Inter-Genepool Common Bean Population. Tropical Plant Biology 3 (4): 204–218 (DOI: 10.1007/s12042-010-9058-x). (TLI) Abstract

Chen J, Zhang X, Jing R, Blair MW, Mao X, Wang S (2010). Cloning and genetic diversity analysis of a new P5CS gene from common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Theoretical and Applied Genetics 120 (7):1393–1404. (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1263-3) (TLI) Abstract

Chung C-L, Jamann T, Longfellow JM and Nelson RJ (2010). Characterization and fine-mapping of a resistance locus for northern leaf blight in maize bin 8.06. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 121 (2): 205–227 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1303-z) (G3005.08 – SP2) Abstract

Cook DR and Varshney RK (2010). From genome studies to agricultural biotechnology: closing the gap between basic plant science and applied agriculture. Editorial Overview. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 13 (2):115–18 (DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2010.03.003). Details 

Dulai S. Molnár I., Haló B., Molnár-Láng M (2010). Photosynthesis in the 7H Asakaze komugi/Manas wheat/barley addition line during salt stress. Acta Agronomica Hungarica 58(4): 367–376. (G4007.23 – SP3)

Farooq M, Kobayashi N, Ito O, Wahid A, Serraj R. (2010). Broader leaves result in better performance of indica rice under drought stress. Journal of Plant Physiology 167:1066–1075 ( DOI:10.1016/j.jplph.2010.03.003). (G3008.06 – SP3) Abstract

Fleury D, Jefferies S, Kuchel H and Langridge P (2010). Genetic and genomic tools to improve drought tolerance in wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany 61 (12): 3211–3222 (DOI:10.1093/jxb/erq152). (G3005.15 – SP2) Abstract

Flowers TJ, Gaur PM, Gowda CLL, Krishnamurthy L, Samineni S, Siddique KHM, Turner NC, Vadez V, Varshney RK and Colmer TD (2010). Salt sensitivity in chickpea. Plant Cell and Environment 33 (7): 490–509 Article first published online: 14 October 2009 (DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02051.x). (SP2L – discretionary grant) Abstract

Garavito A, Guyot R, Lozano J, Gavory F, Samain S, Panaud O, Tohme T, Ghesquière A, and Lorieux M. (2010). A genetic model for the female sterility barrier between Asian and African cultivated rice species. Genetics 185:1425–1440 Published online before print May 10, 2010 (DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.116772). (G3007.01 – SP1) Abstract

Glaszmann JC, Kilian B, Upadhyaya HD and Varshney RK (2010). Accessing genetic diversity for crop improvement. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 13 (2):167–173 (DOI:10.1016/j.pbi.2010.01.004). Abstract (SP2L – discretionary grant)

Guan YS, Serraj R, Liu SH, Xu JL, Ali J, Wang WS, Venus E, Zhu LH, Li ZK. (2010). Simultaneously improving yield under drought stress and non-stress conditions: a case study of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of Experimental Botany 61(15): 4145–4156; (DOI:10.1093/jxb/erq212). (G3008.06 – SP3) Abstract

Gupta PK, Langridge P, Mir RR (2010) Marker-assisted wheat breeding: present status and future possibilities. Molecular Breeding 26:145–161. From the issue entitled “SI: Quantitative Genetics and Plant Genomics/Guest Edited by P K Gupta, H S Balyan and R K Varshney”. (G3007.06 – SP2) Abstract

Hoffmann B, Aranyi N, Molnár-Láng M (2010). Characterization of wheat/barley introgression lines for drought tolerance. Acta Agronomica Hungarica 58(3): 211–218. (SP3 G4007.23 – SP3)

Orjuela J, Garavito A, Bouniol M, Arbelaez JD, Moreno L, Kimball J, Wilson G, Rami J-F, Tohme J, McCouch SR and Lorieux M (2010). A universal core genetic map for rice. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 120 (3):563–572 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1176-1). Also published online in 2009. (G3005.10 – SP1) Abstract.

Leal-Bertioli SCM, Farias MP, Silva PIT, Guimaraes PM, Brasileiro ACM, Bertioli DJ, Araujo ACG. (2010). Ultrastructure of the interaction of Puccinia arachidis and Cercosporidium personatum with leaves of Arachis hypogaea and Arachis stenosperma. Journal of Phytopathology. 158 (11-12):792–796 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2010.01704.x). Abstract

Liakat Ali, M., P. Sanchez, Yu S, Lorieux M and Eizenga GC (2010). Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines: A Powerful Tool for the Introgression of Valuable Genes from Oryza Wild Species into Cultivated Rice (O. sativa). Rice 3 (4): 218–234. (G3005.10 – SP1) Abstract

Magalhaes JV (2010). How a microbial drug transporter became essential for crop cultivation on acid soils: aluminium tolerance conferred by the multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) family. Annals of Botany 106 (1): 199–203. (DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq115) (G3007.04 – SP3) Abstract

Mittler R, Blumwald E. (2010). Genetic engineering for modern agriculture: Challenges and Perspectives. Annual Review Plant Biology 61:443–462. (G3008.03 – SP2) Abstract

Molnár-Láng M, Cseh A, Szakács É, Molnár I (2010). Development of a wheat genotype combining the recessive crossability alleles kr1kr1kr2kr2 and the 1BL.1RS translocation, for the rapid enrichment of 1RS with new allelic variation. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 120(8):1535–1545. (DOI:10.1007/S00122-010-1274-0. IF.: 3.363). (G4007.23 – SP3 ) Abstract 

Moragues M, Comadran J, Waugh R, Milne I, Flavell AJ, Russell JR (2010). Effects of ascertainment bias and marker number on estimations of barley diversity from high throughput SNP genotype data. Theoretical and Applied Genetics: Volume 120(8), 1525–1534 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1273-1120:177-190.). (G3007.02 – SP1) Abstract

Morante N, Sanchez T, Ceballos H, Calle F, Perez JC, Egesi C, Cuambe CE, Escobar AF, Ortiz D, Chavez AL and Fregene F (2010). Tolerance to postharvest physiological deterioration in cassava roots. Crop Science 50 (4): 1333–1338 (DOI:10.2135/cropsci2009.11.0666). (G3005.09 – SP3) Abstract

Mullan D, Reynolds M (2010). Quantifying genetic effects of ground cover on soil water evaporation using digital imaging. Functional Plant Biology 37: 703–712. (G3007.06 – SP2) Abstract

Ndjiondjop MN, Fousseyni C, Gezahegn G, Sow M, Bocco R, Djedatin G and Blandine F (2010). Morpho-agronomic and molecular characterisation of Oryza glaberrima germplasm from Mali. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol 9(44):7409–7417 (ISSN 1684–5315). (G4007.08 – SP3) Abstract

Parent B, Suard B, Serraj R and Tardieu F (2010). Rice leaf growth and water potential are resilient to evaporative demand and soil water deficit once the effects of root system are neutralized. Plant Cell and Environment 33, 1256–1267 (online: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02145.x). (G3005.15 – SP2) Abstract

Parent B, Turc O, Gibon Y Stitt M and Tardieu F (2010). Modelling temperature-compensated physiological rates, based on the co-ordination of responses to temperature of developmental processes. Journal of Experimental Botany 61 (8):2057–2069 (DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq003). (G3005.15 – SP2) Abstract

Philippe R, Courtois B , McNally KL , Mournet P, El-Malki R , Le Paslier MC, Fabre D, Billot C , Brunel D , Glaszmann JC and This D (2010). Structure, allelic diversity and selection of Asr genes, candidate for drought tolerance, in Oryza sativa L. and wild relatives. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 121 (4):69–787 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1348-z). (G4006.02 – SP1) Abstract

Ramaekers L, Remans R, Rao IM, Blair MW, Vanderleyden J. (2010). Improving phosphorus uptake efficiency of crop plants. Field Crops Research 117(2-3): 169-176. (DOI:10.1016/j.fcr.2010.03.001) (TLI) Abstract

Ribaut JM, de Vicente MC and Delannay X (2010). Molecular breeding in developing countries: challenges and perspectives. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 13 (2):213-218 (DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.12.011). Abstract

Rivero M, Walia H, Blumwald E (2010). Cytokinin-dependent protection of photosynthetic protein complexes during water deficit. Plant & Cell Physiology 51 (11):1929-1941. (G3008.03 – SP2) Abstract

Rudi N, Norton GW, Alwang J, and Asumugha G (2010). Economic impact analysis of marker-assisted breeding for resistance to pests and post harvest deterioration in cassava. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 4 (2): 110-122. (G4006.14 – SP5) Abstract

Ruta N, Liedgens M, Fracheboud Y, Stamp P and Hund A (2010). QTLs for the elongation of axile and lateral roots of maize in response to low water potential. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 120 (3):621-631 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1180-5). Also published online in 2009. (G3005.15 – SP2) Abstract

Saxena RK, Saxena KB, Kumar RV, Hoisington DA, Varshney RK (2010). SSR-based diversity in elite pigeonpea genotypes for developing mapping populations to map resistance to Fusarium wilt and sterility mosaic disease. Plant Breeding 129:135–141 (SP2L – discretionary grant) Abstract

Saxena RK, Saxena KB, Varshney RK (2010). Application of SSR markers for molecular characterization of hybrid parents and purity assessment of ICPH 2438 hybrid of pigeonpea [Cajanus Cajan (L.) Millspaugh. Molecular Breeding 26(2):371-380 (DOI: 10.1007/s11032-010-9459-4) (SP2L – discretionary grant) Abstract

Shaff JE, Schultz BE, Craft EJ, Clark RT, Kochian LV. (2010). GEOCHEM-EZ: A Chemical Speciation Program with Greater Power and Flexibility. Plant and Soil 330 (1-2): 207–214. (DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0193-9) (G3008.02 –SP1) Abstract

Sun Y, Wang J, Crouch JH and Xu Y (2010). Efficiency of selective genotyping for genetic analysis of complex traits and potential applications in crop improvement. Molecular Breeding Volume 26(3): 493-511, (DOI: 10.1007/s11032-010-9390-8) (G4008.14 – SP3) Abstract

Szakács É, Kruppa K, Molnár I, Molnár-Láng M (2010). Induction of wheat/barley translocations by irradiation and their detection by in situ hybridization. Acta Agronomica Hungarica 58(3): 203-209. (SP3 G4007.23) Abstract

Szakács É, Molnár-Láng M (2010). Identification of new winter wheat – winter barley addition lines (6HS and 7H) using fluorescence in situ hybridization and stability of the whole ‘Martonvásári 9 kr1’-‘Igri’ addition set. Genome 53(1): 35-44. (DOI: 10.1139/G09-085.) IF.: 1.709 (G4007.23 – SP3) Abstract

Taghouti M, Gaboun F, Nsarellah N, Rhrib R, El-Haila M, Kamar M, Abbad-Andaloussi F, Udupa SM (2010). Genotype x environment interaction for quality traits in durum wheat cultivars adapted to different environments. African Journal of Biotechnology 9 (21):3054-3062. (G4007.05 – SP3) Abstract

Tardieu F and Tuberosa R (2010). Dissection and modelling of abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 13:206–212. (DOI:10.1016/j.pbi.2009.12.012). Abstract

Thomson MJ, de Ocampo M, Egdane J, Akhlasur Rahman M, Godwin Sajise A, Adorada DL, Tumimbang-Raiz E, Blumwald E, Seraj ZI, Singh RK, Gregorio GB and Ismail AM (2010). Characterizing the Saltol Quantitative Trait Locus for Salinity Tolerance in Rice. Rice 3:148–160 (DOI 10.1007/s12284-010-9053-8) Abstract

Trachsel S, Messmer R, Stamp P, Ruta N and Hund A (2010). QTLs for early vigor of tropical maize. Molecular Breeding 25 (1):91-103. (DOI: 10.1007/s11032-009-9310-y) (G3005.15 – SP2) Abstract

Trachsel S, Stamp P and Hund A (2010). Growth of Axile and Lateral Roots of Maize: Response to Desiccation Stress Induced by Polyethylene Glycol 8000. Maydica 55, 101-109. (G3005.15 – SP2) Abstract

Varshney RK and Cook DR, eds. (2010). Plant Biotechnology. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 13 (2):167-226. Details 

Varshney RK, Glaszmann JC, Leung H and Ribaut JM (2010). More genomic resources for less-studied crops. Trends in Biotechnology Volume 28, Issue 9: 452-460 (DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.06.007). Abstract (SP2L – discretionary grant)

Verulkara SB, Mandal NP, Dwivedi JL, Singh BN, Sinha PK, Mahato RN, Dongre P, Singh ON, Bose LK, Swain P, Robin S, Chandrababu R, Senthil S, Jaing A, Shashidhar HE, Hittalmani S, Vera Cruz C, Paris T, Raman A, Haefele S, Serraj R, Atlin G and Kumar A (2010). Breeding resilient and productive genotypes adapted to drought-prone rainfed ecosystem of India. Field Crops Research 117 (2-3): 197-208 (DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.03.005). Abstract

Warburton ML, Wilkes G, Taba S, Charcosset A, Mir C, Dumas F, Madur D, Dreisigacker S, Bedoya C and Prasanna BM, et al.(2010). Gene flow among different teosinte taxa and into the domesticated maize gene pool. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (DOI: 10.1007/s10722-010-9658-1Online First™) Abstract

Xu P, Wu X, Wang B, Liu Y, Qin D, Ehlers JD, Close TJ, Hu T, Lu Z and Li G (2010). Development and polymorphism of Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata microsatellite markers used for phylogenetic analysis in asparagus bean (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedialis (L.) Verdc.). Molecular Breeding 25 (4):675-684 (DOI: 10.1007/s11032-009-9364-x). Also published online in 2009. (TLI G6010.02) Abstract 

Yan J, Yang X, Shah T, Sanchez-Villeda H, Li J, Warburton ML, Zhou Y, Crouch JH, Xu Y (2010). High-throughput SNP genotyping with the GoldenGate assay in maize. Molecular Breeding 25 (3): 441-451 (DOI: 10.1007/s11032-009-9343-2) Abstract

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4) Workshop proceedings and published workshop papers

Molnár-Láng, M, Szakács, É, Sepsi, A, Cseh, A, Kruppa K, Linc, G, Molnár, I. (2010): Molecular cytogenetic characterisation and physical mapping of wheat/barley introgression lines. In: Dzyubenko, N.I. (ed) Proc. 8th International Wheat Conference. 1-4 June 2010. St. Petersburg, Russia, N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry, (VIR), St. Petersburg, Russia,  pp 458-459.

Molnár-Láng M, Szakács É, Sepsi A, Cseh A, Kruppa K, Linc G, Molnár I,  (2010). Development, molecular cytogenetic characterisation, physical mapping and phenotyping of wheat/barley introgression lines. EUCARPIA Cereals Section Meeting, 6-8 April, 2010, Cambridge , pp 5. National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge, UK ,  p 5.

5) Papers presented at workshops and conferences

Jongdee B, Pantuwan G, Khammone T , Fukai S, Mitchell J, Inthapanya P, Makara O and Jearrakongmun S (2010). “PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING DROUGHT TOLERANCE FOR RAINFED LOWLAND RICE IN THE MEKONG REGION”.  International Rice Congress 2010 (IRRC28) in Hanoi, Vietnam 9-11 November 2010  (G3008.09). Abstract

6)  Working Papers and discussion papers 

7) Briefs, booklets, brochures and bookmarks 

8) Learning materials and other resources

9) Posters

Cseh A, Molnár I, Lángné Molnár M (2010). Új 1BL.1RS búza-rozs rekombinánsok előállítása és kimutatása molekuláris markerekkel. XVI. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok, Budapest, 2010. március 11. (Ed: Veisz O) MTA Agrártudományok Osztályának Növénynemesítési Bizottsága, Budapest p. 62. (poszter)

Hoffmann B, Aranyi Nikolett R, Lángné Molnár M (2010). Búza/árpa introgressziós vonalak szárazságtűrésének jellemzése. XVI. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok, Budapest, 2010 március 11. (Ed: Veisz O) MTA Agrártudományok Osztályának Növénynemesítési Bizottsága, Budapest (előadás absztrakt). p. 27.

Molnár I, Marie K, Lángné Molnár M, Jaroslav D (2010). Az áramlásos citometria alkalmazásának lehetőségei az Aegilops fajok egyedi kromoszómáinak izolálására. XVI. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok, Budapest, 2010 március 11. (Ed: Veisz O) MTA Agrártudományok Osztályának Növénynemesítési Bizottsága, Budapest (előadás). p. 30.

Schneider A, Molnár I, Lángné Molnár M 2010. Új Búza-Aegilops biuncialis (Kecskebúza) addíciós vonalak előállítása és azonosítása fluoreszcens in situ hibridizációval. XVI. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok, Budapest, 2010. március 11. (Ed: Veisz O) MTA Agrártudományok Osztályának Növénynemesítési Bizottsága, Budapest p. 123. (poszter)

Szakács É, Kruppa K, Molnár I, Lángné Molnár M (2010). Búza/árpa transzlokációk indukálása besugárzással és kimutatása genomi in situ hibridizációval. XVI. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok, Budapest, 2010 március 11. (Ed: Veisz O) MTA Agrártudományok Osztályának Növénynemesítési Bizottsága, Budapest (előadás). p. 28.

This D, Courtois B, Philippe R, Mournet P , Billot C, Glaszmann JC, Schaftleitner R, Simon R, Rojas P, Bonierbale M, Varshney R, Hash CT, Upadhyaya H, Nayak S, Brunel D, El Malki R, Le Paslier MC, McNally K, Baum M, Choumane W, Von Korff M, Blair M and Fregene M (2010). Allele Diversity  at Orthologous Candidate Genes in GCP Crops (ADOC project). Poster presented at Plant & Animal Genome Conferences, January 9 - 13 2010, California, USA. PDF

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10). Media Coverage and public awareness
For a full list of GCP media coverage and public awareness materials by year, please visit our
Public awareness page.

2010 media coverage
2010 press releases

Media Coverage

Charles Sturt University News (2010).  Rice yields better with adaptation to drought. 15 December 2010. View article 

Science Alert (2010). Growing rice through drought. 16 December 2010. View article 

Africa Bio (2010). New global initiative launched to harness biotechnology. 5 March 2010. View article

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (2010). Biotechnology: Potential boon for smallholder farmers, if prioritized. CIMMYT Informa No. 1693, March 2010, Texcoco, Mexico (relates to GCP's participation in FAO’s International Technical Conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries [ABDC-10], Guadalajara, Mexico, 1-4 March 2010). For PDF, see item below.

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (2010). CRIL keeps busy. CIMMYT Informa No. 1693, March 2010, Texcoco, Mexico (relates to presented plans for a new, user-friendly and configurable version of ICIS at GCP’s Molecular Breeding Platform launch workshop in Hyderabad, India, 17–20 February 2010)PDF for this and article directly above.

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) (2010). GCP Wheat Challenge Initiative launch workshop in China (in Chinese). Article featured in CAAS website, 4th March 2010. View article

CGIAR News (2010). Breeder's Delight. In: Special issue of CGIAR News focusing on the theme of Thematic Agriculture and Food Security. View article.

CGIAR News (2010). Story of the month: March 2010.
View article.

Crop Biotech Update (2010). New initiative will harness biotech to improve developing countries’ plant breeding efficiency. 26 February 2010. View article

Crop Biotech Update (2010). GCP Develops Molecular Marker Toolkit for Breeders. 23 April 2010. View article.

Denny-Dimitriou J (2010). The seeds of progress. Witness newspaper, 22 February 2010, South Africa. (Relates to SP3 project G4008.17: Application of Marker-Assisted Selection for Striga resistance in cowpea; PI: Jean-Baptise Tignegre). PDF

Food and Beverage News, India (2010). MBP launched to improve breeding efficiency in developing countries by harnessing biotechnology. 26 February 2010.
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Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (2009). Tools. A small web article on GCP's Molecular Marker Toolkit. View article

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Molecular Breeding for a Hunger-Free World. ICRISAT Happenings No. 1402, 19 February 2010 (relates to GCP’s Molecular Breeding Platform launch workshop in Hyderabad, India, 17–20 February 2010). View article

SeedQuest (2010). Molecular markers made easy: the Generation Challenge Programme’s Molecular Marker Toolkit.18 January 2010. View article.

Seed Week (2010). CGIAR develops toolkit for breeders. Volume 12, Issue 17, 27 April 2010.
View article.

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Press releases
April
DNA LandMarks Inc. and Generation Challenge Programme (2010). DNA LandMarks and the Generation Challenge Programme collaborate to advance molecular breeding in developing countries. Press release on new DNA Landmarks–GCP collaboration, 2 April 2010.
View press release.

February
Generation Challenge Programme (2010). Providing breeding solutions for the developing world. Press release on the launch of GCP's Integrated Breeding Platform (formerly known as the Molecular Breeding Plaform). 23 February 2010.
View press release.
 

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11) Academic dissertations and theses
 

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