2009 Research Publications

Programme publications

GCP Project Publications

1) Books
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Serraj R, Bennett J and Hardy B, eds (2009). Drought Frontiers in Rice: Crop improvement for increased rainfed production. World Scientific Publisher, Singapore, 408 pp. ISBN: 978-981-4280-00-6. Book details.

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2) Book chapters 
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Hervé P and Serraj R (2009). GM technology for drought resistance. In: Drought frontiers in rice – Crop improvement for increased rainfed production (Serraj R, Bennett J and Hardy B, eds). World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, pp 333–350 (DOI: 10.1142/9789814280013_0019). ISBN: 978-981-4280-00-6. Abstract

Hijmans RJ and Serraj R (2009). Modeling spatial and temporal variation of drought in rice production. In: Drought frontiers in rice – Crop improvement for increased rainfed production. (Serraj R, Bennett J and Hardy B, eds). World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, pp 19–31 (DOI: 10.1142/9789814280013_0002). ISBN: 978-981-4280-00-6. Abstract

Jayashree B and Dave Hoisington (2009). Bioinformatics tools for crop research and breeding. In: Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement, Volume II (Jain SM, Brar DS, eds ). Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 97–116. ISBN: 978-90-481-2966-9 (Print); 978-90-481-2967-6 (Online); DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2967-6_4

Kikuchi S (2009). Massive collection of full-length complementary DNA clones and microarray analyses: Keys to rice transcriptome analysis. In: QP–PQ: Quantum Probability and White Moise Analysis, Volume XXIV: Quantum Bio-Informatics II–From Quantum Information to Bio-Informatics (Accardi L, Freudenberg W and Ohya M, eds). Part of series QP–PQ: Quantum Probability and White Noise Analysis, Volume XXIV. World Scientific Publishing Co., Inc, Singapore, pp 265–289. ISBN: 978-981-4273-74-9 or 981-4273-74-0. Abstract

Kochian LV, Hoekenga OA, Magalhaes JV and Pineros MA (2009). Maize aluminum tolerance. In: Handbook of Maize: Its Biology (Bennetsen J and Hake S, eds). Springer–Verlag, New York, USA, pp 367–380. ISBN: 978-0-387-79417-4. Abstract 

Malosetti M, Ribaut JM and van Eeuwijk FA (2009). The analysis of multi environment data; modeling genotype by environment and QTL by environment interaction. In:Drought phenotyping in crops: a practical manual (Monneveux P and JM Ribaut, eds).

McNally KL, Naredo ME and Cairns J (2009). SNP discovery at candidate genes for drought responsiveness in rice. In: Drought frontiers in rice – Crop improvement for increased rainfed production (Serraj R, Bennett J and Hardy B, eds). World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, pp 311–324. ISBN: 978-981-4280-00-6 (DOI: 10.1142/9789814280013_0017). Abstract

Romagosa I, van Eeuwijk FA and Thomas WTB (2009). Statistical analyses of genotype by environment data. In: Cereals (Carena MJ, ed). Part of series Handbook of Plant Breeding, Volume 3. Springer, New York, USA, pp 291–331. ISBN: 978-0-387-72294-8 (DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72297-9). Abstract

Serraj R, Dimayuga G, Gowda V, Guan Y, He H, Impa S, Liu DC, Mabesa RC, Sellamuthu R and Torres R (2009). Drought-resistant rice: physiological framework for an integrated research strategy. In: Drought frontiers in rice – Crop improvement for increased rainfed production (Serraj R, Bennett J and Hardy B, eds). World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, pp 139–170. ISBN: 978-981-4280-00-6 (DOI: 10.1142/9789814280013_0009). Abstract.

Serraj R and Atlin G (2009). Drought-resistant rice for increased rainfed production and poverty alleviation: a concept note. In: Drought frontiers in rice – Crop improvement for increased rainfed production (Serraj R, Bennett J and Hardy B, eds). World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, pp 385–400 (DOI: 10.1142/9789814280013_0022). ISBN: 978-981-4280-00-6. Abstract

Slamet-Loedin IH, Purwantomo S, Ouwerkerk PBF, Nugroho S and Serraj R (2009). Biotechnology and transposon-tagging for improving drought-resistance in rice for Indonesia. In: Drought frontiers in rice – Crop improvement for increased rainfed production (Serraj R, Bennett J and Hardy B, eds). World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, pp 351–364. ISBN: 978-981-4280-00-6 (DOI: 10.1142/9789814280013_0020). Abstract

Upadhyaya HD, Dwivedi SL, Gowda CLL, Singh S and Reedy KN (2009). Enhancing the value of plant genetic resources towards their global utilization in improving the genetic potential of chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut crops. In: Milestones in Food Legumes Research (Masood A and Shiv K, eds). Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India, pp 178–205. Abstract

Varshney RK (2009). Gene-based marker systems in plants: high throughput approaches for marker discovery and genotyping. In: Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement, Volume II (Jain SM and Brar DS, eds). Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 119–142. ISBN: 978-90-481-2966-9 (Print); 978-90-481-2967-6 (Online). Abstract

Varshney RK, Hoisington DA, Nayak SN and Graner A (2009). Molecular plant breeding: methodology and achievements. In: Methods in Molecular Biology: Plant Genomics (Somers D, Langridge P and Gustafson PJ, eds). The Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, USA, pp 283-304. (in press).

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3) Journals and Journal articles 
Open Access
Bertioli D, Moretzsohn M, Madsen LH, Sandal N, Leal-Bertioli S, Guimarães P, Hougaard BK, Fredslund J, Schauser L, Nielsen AM, Sato S, Tabata S, Cannon S and Stougaard J (2009) An analysis of synteny of Arachis with Lotus and Medicago sheds new light on the structure, stability and evolution of legume genomes. BMC Genomics 10:45 (DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-45). PDF

Blair MW, Muñoz-Torres M, Giraldo MC, Pedraza F (2009). Development and diversity of Andean-derived, gene-based microsatellites for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) BMC Plant Biology 9:100 (DOI:10.1186/1471-2229-9-100).  PDF

Bruce M, Hess A, Bai J, Mauleon R, Diaz MG, Sugiyama N, Bordeos A, Wang G-L, Leung H and Leach JE (2009). Detection of genomic deletions in rice using oligonucleotide microarrays. BMC Genomics 10:129 (DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-10-129). PDF

Chen W-L, Jing R-L, Liu H-M and CHang X-P (2009). Genetic Selection and Trait with Jinmai 47 Analysis of Introgression Lines Genetic Background. Journal of Triticeae Crops 29 (2):206—211. PDF

Chenu K, Chapman SC, Tardieu F, McLean G, Welcker C and Hammer GL (2009). Simulating the Yield Impacts of Organ-Level Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Drought Response in Maize - A "Gene-to-Phenotype" Modeling Approach. Genetics 183:1507–1523. (DOI:10.1534/genetics.109.105429). Abstract  PDF

Courtois B, Ahmadi N, Khowaja F, Price AH, Rami JF, Frouin J, Hamelin C, Ruiz (2009). Rice Root Genetic Architecture: Meta-analysis from a Drought QTL Database. Rice (2009) 2:115–128. (DOI: 10.1007/s12284-009-9028-9). PDF

Ehlers JD, Sanden BL, Frate CA and Roberts PA (2009). Registration of ‘California Blackeye No. 50 Cowpea’. Journal of Plant Registrations 3:236–240 (DOI: 10.3198/jpr2009.01.0039crc). PDF

Flowers TJ, Gaur PM, Laxmipathi Gowda CL, Krishnamurthy L,  Samineni S, Siddique KHM, Turner NC, Vadez V, Varshney RK, Colmer TD (2009). Salt sensitivity in chickpea. Plant, Cell and Environment 33 (4):490–509 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02051.x). PDF

Foncéka D, Hodo-Abalo T, Rivallan R, Faye I, Ndoye Sall M, Ndoye O, Fávero AP, Bertioli DJ, Glaszmann JC, Courtois B and Rami J-F (2009).  Genetic mapping of wild introgressions into cultivated peanut: a way toward enlarging the genetic basis of a recent allotetraploid. BMC Plant Biology 9:103  (DOI:10.1186/1471-2229-9-103). PDF

Hervé P and Serraj R (2009). Gene technology and drought: a simple solution for a complex trait? African Journal of Biotechology 8 (9):1740–1749. PDF

Hoffmann B, Aranyi N and Molnár-Láng M (2009). Possibilities to increase stress tolerance of wheat. Cereal Research Communications 37 (2):93-96 (DOI: 10.1556/297 CRC.37.2009.Suppl.2).  Abstract

Jayashree B, BhanuPrakash A, Anusha J, Srinivasa Reddy P, Nayak S, Varshney RK  (2009). Perl module and PISE wrappers for the integrated analysis of sequence data and SNP features. BMC Research Notes 2:92 (DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-92). PDF

Leal-Bertioli SCM, Jose ACVF, Alves-Freitas DMT, Moretzsohn MC, Guimaraes PM, Nielen S, Vidigal BS, Pereira RW, Pike J, Favero AP, Parniske M, Varshney RK, Bertioli DJ (2009). Identification of candidate genome regions controlling disease resistance in Arachis. BMC Plant Biology 9:112 (DOI:10.1186/1471-2229-9-112). PDF

Manosalva P, Davidson R, Liu B, Xhu X, Hulbert S, Leung H, Leach JE (2009). A germin-like protein gene family functions as a complex QTL conferring broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice. Plant Physiology 149:1-11. PDF

McNally KL,  Childs KL, Bohnert Regina, Davidsond Rebecca M, Zhaoe Keyan, Ulata Victor J, Zellerc Georg, Clark Richard M, Hoeng DR, Bureaug TE, Stokowskih R, Ballingerh DG, Frazerh KA, Coxh DR, Padhukasahasrame B, Bustamantee CD, Weigelf D, Mackill DJ, Bruskiewich RM, Ratschc G, Buell CR, Leung H and Leach JE (2009). Genomewide SNP variation reveals relationships among landraces and modern varieties of rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106 (30):12273–12278 (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900992106). PDF

Muchero W, Diop NN, Bhat PR, Fenton RD, Wanamaker S, Pottorff M, Hearne S, Cisse N, Fatokun C, Ehlers JD, Roberts PA and Close TJ (2009). A consensus genetic map of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp.] and synteny based on EST-derived SNPs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (5):849–863 (DOI 10.1007/s00122-008-0944-7). PDF

Muchero W, Ehlers JD, Close TC and Roberts PA (2009). Mapping QTL for drought stress-induced premature senescence and maturity in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] Theoretical and Applied Genetics 118 (5):849–863 (DOI 10.1007/s00122-008-0944-7). PDF

Nayak SN, Balaji J, Upadhyaya HD, Hash CT, Kavi Kishor PB, Chattopadhyay D, Rodriquez LM, Blair MW, Baum M, McNally K, This D, Hoisington DA, Varshney RK (2009). Isolation and sequence analysis of DREB2A homologues in three cereal and two legume species. Plant Science 177:460–467 (DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2009.07.009). Article

Salekdeh GH, Reynolds M, Bennett J and Boyer J (2009). Conceptual framework for drought  phenotyping during molecular breeding. Trends in Plant Science 14 (9):488-496 (DOI:10.1016/j.tplants.2009.07.007).  Abstract

Saxena RK, Saxena KB, Kumar RV, Hoisington DA and Varshney RK (2009). SSR-based diversity in elite pigeonpea genotypes for developing mapping populations to map resistance to Fusarium wilt and sterility mosaic disease. Plant Breeding (online; DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2009.01698.x).

Sepsi A and Bucsi J (2009). Physical mapping of the 7D chromosome using a wheat/barley translocation line (5HS.7DL) produced in Martonvásári wheat background using microsatellite markers. Cereal research communications 37 (2):297–300. PDF

Serraj R, Kumar A, McNally KL, Slamet-Loedin I, Bruskiewich R, Mauleon R, Cairns J and Hijmans RJ (2009). Improvement of drought resistance in rice. Advances in Agronomy 103:41–99 (DOI:10.1016/S0065-2113(09)03002-8). PDF

Soós V, Sebestyén E, Juhász A, Pintér J, Light ME, Van Staden J and Balázs E (2009). Stress-related genes define essential steps in the response of maize seedlings to smoke-water. Seed Science Research 19:37–49 (DOI: 10.1017/s0960258508187815). PDF

Thachuk C, Crossa J, Franco J, Dreisigacker S, Warburton M and Davenport GF (2009). Core Hunter: an algorithm for sampling genetic resources based on multiple genetic measures. BMC Bioinformatics 10:243 (DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-243). Abstract  PDF

Torabi S, Wissuwa M, Heidari M, Naghavi MR, Gilany K, Hajirezaei MR, Omidi M, Yazdi-Samadi B, Ismail AM and Salekdeh GH (2009).  A comparative proteome approach to decipher the mechanism of rice adaptation to phosphorous deficiency. Proteomics 9:159-170. (DOI 10.1002/pmic.200800350). Abstract

Varshney RK, Bertioli DJ,  Moretzsohn MC, Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L,Aruna  R, Nigam SN, Moss BJ, Seetha K, Ravi K,  He G, Knapp SJ and Hoisington DA (2008). The first SSR-based genetic linkage map for cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 118: 729-739 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0933-x).  PDF

Varshney RK, Close TJ, Singh NK, Hoisington DA and Cook DR (2009). Orphan legume crops enter the genomics era! Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12:202–210 (DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.12.004). PDF

Varshney RK and Dubey A (2009). Novel genomic tools and modern genetic and breeding approaches for crop improvement.  Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 18:127-138. PDF

Varshney RK, Hiremath PJ, Lekha P, Kashiwagi J, Balaji J, Deokar AA, Vadez V, Xiao Y, Srinivasan R, Gaur PM, Siddique KHM, Town CD and Hoisington DA (2009). A comprehensive resource of drought- and salinityresponsive ESTs for gene discovery and marker development in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). BMC Genomics 10:523 (DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-10-523). PDF

Varshney RK, Mahendar T, Aruna R, Nigam SN, Neelima K, Vadez V and Hoisington DA (2009). High level of natural genetic variation in a groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) germplasm collection assayed by selected informative SSR markers. Plant Breeding 128 (5):486–494 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2009.01638.x).

Varshney RK, Nayak SN, May GD and Jackson SA (2009). Next-generation sequencing technologies and their implications for crop genetics and breeding. Trends in Biotechnology 27 (9):552-530. Abstract

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 and Cook DR (2009). Pigeonpea genomics initiative (PGI): an international effort to improve crop productivity of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.) (online; DOI: 10.1007/s11032-009-9327-2).  PDF

Von Korff M, Radovic S, Choumane W, Stamati K4, Udupa SM, Grando S1, Ceccarelli S1, Mackay I, Powell W, Baum M, Morgante M (2009). Asymmetric allele specific expression in relation to developmental variation and drought stress in barley hybrids. The Plant Journal 59 (1):14–26 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03848.x). PDF

Yan J, Shah T, Warburton ML, Buckler ES, McMullen MD and Crouch J (2009). Genetic characterization and linkage disequilibrium estimation of a global maize collection using SNP markers. PLoS ONE 4(12): e8451 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008451). PDF

Yeung H, Ehlers JD, Waniska RD, Alviola JN and Rooney LW (2009). Rapid screening methods to evaluate cowpea cooking characteristics. Field Crops Research 112:245-252 (DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2009.03.010). Abstract.  

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Alpuerto VEB, Norton GW , Alwang J and Ismail AM (2009). Economic Impact Analysis of Marker-Assisted Breeding for Tolerance to Salinity and Phosphorous Deficiency in Rice. Review of Agricultural Economics 31 (4):779–792 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01466.x).  Abstract

Bernier J, Serraj R, Kumar A, Venuprasad R, Impa S, Gowda V, Owane R, Spaner D and Atlin G. (2009). Increased water uptake explains the effect of qtl12.1 a large-effect drought-resistance QTL in upland rice. Field Crop Research 110 (2):139-146 (DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.07.010).

Centritto M, Lauteri M, Monteverdi MC and Serraj R (2009). Leaf gas exchange, carbon isotope discrimination and grain yield in contrasting rice genotypes subjected to water deficits during reproductive stage. Journal of Experimental Botany 60 (8):2325–2339 (DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp123). Abstract

Cseh A, Kruppa K and Molnár I (2009). Incorporation of a winter barley chromosome segment into cultivated wheat and its characterization with GISH, FISH and SSR markers. Cereal research communications 37 (2):321–324 (DOI: 10.1556/297 CRC.37.2009.Suppl.2).

Galeano CH, Gomez M, Rodriguez LM and Blair MW (2009). CEL I nuclease for SNP discovery and marker development in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)  Crop Science 49:381-394 (DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.07.0413). Abstract

Ghislain M, Núñez J, Herrera MdR, Pignataro J, Guzman F, Bonierbale M and Spooner DM (2009). Robust and highly informative microsatellite-based genetic identity kit for potato. Molecular Breeding 23 (3):377–388 (DOI: 10.1007/s11032-008-9240-0). PDF

Ghislain M, Núñez J, Herrera MdR and Spooner DM (2009). The single Andigenum origin of Neo-Tuberosum potato materials is not supported by microsatellite and plastid marker analyses. Theoretical Applied Genetics 118 (5):963–969 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0953-6). PDF

Heuer S, Lu X, Chin JH, Tanaka JP, Kanamori H, Matsumoto T, De Leon T, Ulat VJ, Ismail AM, Yano M and Wissuwa M (2009). Comparative sequence analyses of the major QTL Phosphate uptake 1 (Pup1) reveal a complex genetic structure. Plant Biotechnology Journal 7 (5):456–471 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00415.x). Abstract

He H, Serraj R, Yang Q. (2009). Changes in OsXTH gene expression, ABA content, and peduncle elongation in rice subjected to drought at the reproductive stage. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 31 (4):749–756 (DOI: 10.1007/s11738-009-0287-2). Abstract

Hund A, Ruta N and Liedgens M (2009). Rooting depth and water use efficiency of tropical maize inbred lines, differing in drought tolerance. Plant Soil 318:311–325 (DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9843-6). Abstract

Hund A, Trachsel S and Stamp P (2009). Growth of axile and lateral roots of maize: I development of a phenotyping platform. Plant Soil 325:335–349 (DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-9984-2).

Kassahun B, Bidinger FR, Hash CT and Kuruvinashetti MS (2009). 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). Abstract

Krishnan A, Guiderdoni E, An G, Hsing YI, Han CD, Lee MC, Yu SM, Upadhyaya N, Ramachandran S, Zhang Q, Sundaresan V, Hirochika H, Leung H and Pereira A (2009). Mutant resources in rice for functional genomics of the grasses. Plant Physiology 149:165-70. PDF

López-Marín HD, Rao IM and Blair MW  (2009). Quantitative trait loci for aluminum resistance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Theoretical Applied Genetics 119:449–458. Abstract

McLaren CG, Metz T, van den Berga M, Bruskiewich RM, Magora NP and Shiresa D (2010). Informatics in Agricultural Research for Development. Advances in Agronomy 102:135-157 (DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(09)01004-9).  Abstract

Pariasca-Tanaka J, Satoh K, Rose T, Mauleon R and Wissuwa M (2009). Stress response versus stress tolerance: a transcriptome analysis of two rice lines contrasting in tolerance to phosphorus deficiency. Rice 2 (4):167–185 (DOI: 10.1007/s12284-009-9032-0).

Parent B, Conejero G and Tardieu F (2009). Spatial and temporal analysis of non-steady elongation of rice leaves. Plant Cell Environment 32: 1561-1572 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02020.x). Abstract

Poland J, Balint-Kurti PJ, Wisser RJ, Pratt R and Nelson RJ (2009). Shades of gray: The world of quantitative disease resistance. Trends in Plant Science 14 (1):21-9 (DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.10.006). Also published online in 2008. Abstract

Ramu P, Kassahun B, Senthilvel S, Ashok Kumar C, Jayashree B, Folkertsma RT, Ananda Reddy L, Kuruvinashetti MS, Haussmann BIG and Hash CT (2009). Exploiting rice-sorghum synteny for targeted development of EST-SSRs to enrich the sorghum genetic linkage map. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 119 (7):1193–1204 (DOI 10.1007/s00122-009-1120-4). Abstarct

Ratnakumar P, Vadez V, Nigam SN and Krishnamurthy L (2009). Assessment of transpiration efficiency in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under drought by lysimetric system. Plant Biology 11:124–130 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00260.x). Abstract.

Risterucci A-M, Hippolyte I, Perrier X, Xia L, Caig V, Evers M, Huttner E, Kilian A and Glaszmann JC (2009). Development and assessment of Diversity Arrays Technology for high-throughput DNA analyses in Musa. Theoretical Applied Genetics 119 (6): 1093–1103 (DOI 10.1007/s00122-009-1111-5). Abstract

Sepsi A, Molnár I and Molnár-Láng M (2009). Physical mapping of a 7A.7D translocation in the wheat–Thinopyrum ponticum partial amphiploid BE-1 using multicolour genomic in situ hybridization and microsatellite marker analysis. Genome 52:748–754. (DOI: 10.1139/G09-047).

Soós V, Sebestyén E, Juhász A, Light ME, Van Staden J and Balázs E (2009). Smoke-water induced changes of expression pattern in Grand Rapids lettuce achenes. Seed Science Research 19:37-49 (DOI:10.1017/s0960258508187815)

Trachsel S, Messmer R, Stamp P Hund A (2009). Mapping of QTLs for lateral and axile root growth of tropical maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 119 (8):1413–1424 (DOI:10.1007/s00122-009-1144-9). Abstract

Varshney RK, Pande S, Kannan S, Sharma M, Gaur PM, Narayana Rao and Hoisington DA (2009). Assessment and comparison of AFLP and SSR based molecular genetic diversity in Indian isolates of Ascochyta rabiei, a causal agent of ascochyta blight in chickpea (Cicer aeritinum L.). Mycological Progress 8 (2): 87–97 (DOI: 10.1007/s11557-008-0581-1.). Abstract

Wang J, Chapman SC, Bonnett DG, Rebetzke GJ (2009). Simultaneous selection of major and minor genes: use of QTL to increase selection efficiency of coleoptile length of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical Applied Genetics 119:65–74 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1017-2). Abstract

Wang J, Singh RP, Braun HJ and Pfeiffer WH (2009). Investigating the efficiency of the single backcrossing breeding strategy through computer simulation. Theoretical Applied Genetics 118 (4):683-694 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0929-6). Abstract

Wissuwa M, Mazzola M and Picard C (2009). Novel approaches in plant breeding for rhizosphere-related traits. Plant Soil 321:409-430 (DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9693-2). Abstract

Xu Y, Skinner DJ, Wu H, Palacios-Rojas N, Araus JL, Yan J, Gao S, Warburton ML and Crouch JH (2007). Advances in maize genomics and their value for enhancing gains from molecular breeding. International Journal of Plant Genomics 957602.

Zwonitzer J, Bubeck D, Bhattramakki D, Goodman M, Arellano C and Balint-Kurti P (2009). Use of backcross recurrent selection and QTL mapping to identify loci contributing to southern leaf blight resistance in a highly resistant maize line.  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 118 (5):911–925 (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0949-2). Abstract.

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4) Workshop proceedings and published workshop papers
Cseh A, Kruppa K and Molnár I (2009). Incorporation of a winter barley chromosome segment into cultivated wheat and its characterization with GISH, FISH and SSR markers. Proceeding of the of the VIII Alps Adria Scientific Workshop 27 April- 2 May, 2009, Neum, Bosnia-Herzegovina. pp 321-324. DOI: 10.1556/297 CRC.37.2009.Suppl.2.

Dulai S, Molnár I and Molnár-Láng M (2009). Comparative analysis of thermal tolerance in wild wheat genotypes. Hagyomány és haladás a növénynemesítésben. (Tradition and advances in plant breeding. ed. Ottó Veisz) XV. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok 2009. március 17. (15th Annual Meeting on Plant Breeding 17th March, 2009, Budapest, Hungary). pp 91-95. ISBN: 978-963-508-575-0.

Egesi CN, Ilona P, Okogbenin E, Maziya Dixon P, Njoku S,Ogbe F, Dixon A, and Fregene M. 2009. Paper published in the Proceedings of the 33rd Annual conference of the Genetics Society of Nigeria (GSN). pp. 1–4.

Hoffmann B., Aranyi N. and Molnár-Láng M. 2009. Possibilities to increase stress tolerance of wheat. Proceeding of the of the VIII Alps Adria Scientific Workshop 27 April- 2 May, 2009, Neum, Bosnia-Herzegovina. pp 93-96. DOI: 10.1556/297 CRC.37.2009.Suppl.2 . Abstract of Proceedings

Hoffmann B, Aranyi NR and Molnár-Láng M (2009). Hybridization with related species increases the stress tolerance of winter wheat. Hagyomány és haladás a növénynemesítésben. (Tradition and advances in plant breeding. ed. Ottó Veisz) XV. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok 2009. március 17. (15th Annual Meeting on Plant Breeding 17th March, 2009, Budapest, Hungary) pp 203-207. ISBN: 978-963-508-575-0. 

Kruppa K, Cseh A and Molnár-Láng M (2009). Identification of barley chromosomes in derivatives of new wheat/barley hybrids using in situ hybridization and SSR markers. Hagyomány és haladás a növénynemesítésben. (Tradition and advances in plant breeding. ed. Ottó Veisz) XV. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok 2009. március 17. (15th Annual Meeting on Plant Breeding 17th March, 2009, Budapest, Hungary) pp 277-281. ISBN: 978-963-508-575-0.

Kruppa K, Szakács É, Cseh A and Molnár-Láng M (2009). identification of new winter wheat/ winter barley disomic addition lines using fluoescent in situ hybridisation and molecular markers. VIII. Magyar Genetikai Kongresszus XV. Sejt- és Fejlődésbiológiai Napok Nyíregyháza, 2009. április 17-19. pp. 114-115. (8th Hungarian Genetic Conference, 15th Cell- and Development Biology Days, 17-19th April, 2009, Nyíregyháza, Hungary)

Molnár-Láng M, Szakács É and Linc G (2009). Development and molecular cytogenetic analysis of new wheat/winter barley addition lines. Proceedings of the Plant Genetic Resources and their Exploitation in the Plant Breeding for Food and Agriculture, 18th EUCARPIA Genetic Resources Section Meeting, Piestany (Slovak Republic) 23-26 May 2007. (Manuscript, in press).

Molnár-Láng, M, Szakács, É, Molnár I, Kruppa K, Sepsi A, Cseh A, Dulai S, Aranyi N and Hoffmann B (2009). Molecular cytogenetic identification, physical mapping and phenotyping of wheat-barley introgression lines. 8th International Symposium on “New development in green gene technology” 1-4 September 2009, Szeged, Hungary.

Okogbenin E, Egesi C, Mbanaso, Ogundapo O  and Fregene M (2009). Value-added cassava – Breeding for high protein and beta carotene varieties in Nigeria. Paper published in the Proceedings of the 43rd Annual conference of the Agricultural Society of Nigeria (ASN), pp. 206–209.

Sepsi A and Bucsi J (2009). Physical mapping of the 7D chromosome using a wheat/barley translocation line (5HS.7DL) produced in Martonvásári wheat background using microsatellite markers. Proceeding of the of the VIII Alps Adria Scientific Workshop 27 April- 2 May, 2009, Neum, Bosnia-Herzegovina. pp. 297-300. DOI: 10.1556/297 CRC.37.2009.Suppl.2 

Serraj R (2009). Drought frontiers in rice: recent progress in phenotyping and crop improvement. In: “Estresses e sustentabilidade: desafios para a lavoura arrozeira”, Proceedings of the 6th Brazilian Congress of irrigated rice, Porto Alegre Aug. 2009; pp 561-563. 

Serraj R, Gowda V, Henry A, Mabesa RC, Kano M, Kato Y, Kobayashi N and Yamauchi A (2009). Drought phenotyping and dehydration avoidance root traits for rice improvement under water-limited conditions. Japanese Journal of Crop Science 78 (1) – Special issue, pp 400-401.

Upadhyaya HD, Dwivedi SL, Varshney RK, Gowda CLL, Bhattacharjee R, Hoisington DA, and Vadez V (2009). Enhancing the value of legume genetic resources using core/mini core and applied genomic tools. In: Souvenir & Abstracts,  “International Conference on Current Trends in Biotechnology & Implications in Anriculture” Feb, 19-21, 2009 Meerut, India. pp 18-25. PDF

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5) Papers presented at workshops and conferences
Adamchuk VI, Villa J and Serraj R (2009). Application of Electromagnetic Sensing to Delineate Spatially Variable Soil Characteristics and Drought Susceptibility in Field-Managed Screening of Rice under Rainfed Lowland Conditions. Pedometrics 2009 - Biennial Meeting of Commission Pedometrics, of the International Union of Soil Science, August 25-28, Agricultural University Beijing, China.

Chin HJ (2009). Current research progress in the International Rice Research Institute.  1st PGBI seminar,  Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, 22 June, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Henry A, Torres R and Serraj R (2009). Dissecting the role of root architecture in drought avoidance mechanisms in rice. In: 20th Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines (FCSSP), May18-22 2009, Dumaguete, Philippines.

Heuer S (2009). Pup1- progress at IRRI. Paper presented at the GCP Challenge Initiative meeting, 09-11 March, Montpellier, France.

Heuer S (2009). Suitable rice for unsuitable environments-molecular breeding to improve food security of poor farmers and consumers. Paper presented at the University of Milano, 07 July, Italy.

Rathore A, Chandra, S, Mallikarjuna, G, Manna, S, Hoisington, D, McLaren, G, Davenport G and Crossa J (2009). iMAS: A Unified Computing and Decision Support System for Marker-Aided Breeding. Paper presented at EUCARPIA XIV Meeting of the Biometrics in Plant Breeding, September 1-4, 2009, Dundee, Scotland, UK.

Rathore A, Butterfield, MK, Hash T, Jayashree B, Mallikarjun G and Sravani M (2009) Further development and support for use of iMAS by NARS and the other user communities. Paper presented in GCP Annual Research Meeting, 20-23 September 2009, Bamako, Mali.

Serraj R, Gowda VRP, Henry A, Shashidhar HE, Chandrababu R and Kumar A (2009). Progress in phenotyping dehydration avoidance traits for drought resistance improvement in rice. In 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought-Prone Environments (InterDrought), Oct 11-16 2009, Shanghai, China. (Invited paper).

Wissuwa M, De Leon T, Chin JH, Pariasca Tanaka J, Ismail AM and Heuer S (2009). Sequence comparisons between rice genotypes reveal a complex genetic structure at the major QTL for phosphorus uptake Pup1. Invited presentation, PAG, 10-14 January, San Diego.

Wissuwa M, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Rose J, Gamuyao R, Chin JH, Heuer S (2009) Improving Tolerance to P deficiency in Rice using the Pup1 Locus. Oral presentation. Annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 15-17 September 2009, Kyoto, Japan.


Zarkti H, Ouabbou H, Hillali A, Udupa SM, Taghouti M. (2009) Use of PCR-based markers for analysis of glutenin and gliadin genes in Moroccan durum wheat cultivars. Oral presentation at 3rd International SMBBM Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, April 20-24, 2009, held at Marrakech, Morocco. 

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6) Working Papers and discussion papers
There were no working papers or discussion papers in 2009.

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7) Briefs, booklets, brochures and bookmarks
There were no project-level briefs, booklets or brochures in 2009.  

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8). Learning materials and other resources
Generation Challenge Programme (2009). Marker-Assisted Breeding. GCP Learning Materials No. 4. Designed to be used either as the basic material for a course or as a self-tutorial, this module is geared towards scientists or upper-level students with a good background of biology, genetics and plant breeding. It is meant to complement other learning modules available, such as those available or in progress for molecular markers, genetic diversity, phenotyping, and plant breeding. Beta version (Sep 2009) available on CD-Rom and online.

Generation Challenge Programme (2009). The GCP Molecular Marker Toolkit. Material developed by Veerle Van Damme for the Generation Challenge Programme and available online

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9). Posters
Berra S, Gaboun F, Udupa SM, Soukri A, Abbad Andaloussi F, (2009). In silico analysis of candidate genes of agronomic important in cereals for molecular marker development. Abstract of poster presentation at 3rd International SMBBM Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 20-24 April 2009, held at Marrakech, Morocco, Pp. 114. Abstract.

Bimpong IK, Mendoza EMT, Serraj R, Hernandez J, Mendioro MS, Ramos J, Brar DS. (2009). Identification of QTLs for agronomic traits in crosses of rice (Oryza sativa) x O. Glaberrima under drought stress. In 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought-Prone Environments (InterDrought), Oct.11-16, Shanghai, China (accepted). 

Bimpong IK, Mendoza EMT, Serraj R, Mendioro MS, Ramos J, Hernandez J, Kumar A and Brar DS. (2009). Identification of QTLs for agronomic traits under lowland drought stress in interspecific crosses of rice (Oryza sativa cv IR64) x O. Glaberrima. In: 21st Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines (FCSSP), May18-22, Dumaguete, Philippines.

Bustamam M, Prasetiyono J, Somantri IH, Suhartini T, Abdulrahman S, Moeljopawiro S, Chin JH, Wissuwa M, Ismail AM, Heuer S (2009). Introgression of the Pup1 major QTL into modern Indonesian upland rice varieties using marker-assisted backcrossing. Poster presented at the 6th International Rice Genetics Symposium, 16-19 November 2009, Manila, Philippines.

Chin JH, Dalid CO, Gamuyao RL, Amarante S, Siopongco J, Trinidad J, Wissuwa M, Haefele SM and Heuer S (2009). Development and application of gene-based markers for the major QTL Phosphorus uptake 1 (Pup1). Poster presented at the 6th International Rice Genetics Symposium, 16-19 November 2009, Manila, Philippines.

Cseh A, Kruppa K and Molnár I (2009). Incorporation of a winter barley chromosome segment into cultivated wheat and its characterization with GISH, FISH and SSR markers. Poster presented at 8th Alps Adria Scientific Workshop, 27 April - 2 May, 2009, Neum, Bosnia-Herzegovina. PDF

Dalid CO, Chin JH, Trinidad JL, Gamuyao RL, Haefele S, Ismail AM, Wissuwa M and Heuer S (2009). Application of the major QTL Phosphate uptake 1 (Pup1). Poster presented at 20th Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 18-23 May 2009, Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines.

Diop N, Chuieh S, Muchero W, Pottorff M, Fenton R, Cisse, N, Drabo I, Roberts P, Close T, Ehlers J (2010). QTL mining for drought avoidance mechanisms at flowering time in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp]. Poster presented at Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) XVIII Conference, 9–13 January 2010, San Diego, CA., USA.

Dulai S, Molnár I and Molnár-Láng M (2009). Comparative analysis of thermal tolerance in wild wheat genotypes. XV. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok 2009. március 17. Poster presented at 15th Annual Meeting on Plant Breeding, 17th March, 2009, Budapest. PDF

Gamuyao RL, Trinidad J, Chin JH, Wissuwa M and Heuer S (2009). Towards the functional validation of genes at the major rice QTL Phosphorus Uptake 1 (Pup1). Poster presented at the 6th International Rice Genetics Symposium, 16-19 November 2009, Manila, Philippines.

Gowda VRP, Serraj R, Henry A and Shashidhar HE (2009). Assessing the role of root traits in water uptake and maintenance of plant growth in the rice OryzaSNP accessions. In 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought-Prone Environments (InterDrought), Oct.11-16, Shanghai, China (accepted).

Guan Y, Zhikang Li and Serraj R. (2009). Morpho-physiological traits and yield performance of drought-resistant rice lines developed by designed QTL pyramiding. In 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought-Prone Environments (InterDrought), Oct 11-16, Shanghai, China (accepted).

Henry A, Gowda VRP and Serraj R. (2009). Dissecting the role of root architecture in dehydration avoidance mechanisms in rice. In 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought-Prone Environments (InterDrought), Oct.11-16, Shanghai, China (accepted).

Hong He, Sellamuthu R and Serraj R. (2009). Physiological and biochemical regulation of rice spikelet sterility under reproductive-stage water deficit. In 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought-Prone Environments (InterDrought), Oct.11-16, Shanghai, China.

Kijoji AA, Nchimbi-Msolla S, Serraj R and Kanyeka ZL. (2009). Screening Oyza glaberrima and O. sativa interspecific progenies for drought resistance in field-managed nurseries. In 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought-Prone Environments (InterDrought), Oct.11-16, Shanghai, China (accepted).

Hoffmann B, Aranyi NR and Molnár-Láng M (2009). Hybridization with related species increases the stress tolerance of winter wheat. XV. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok 2009. március 17 Poster presented at 15th Annual Meeting on Plant Breeding, 17th March, 2009, Budapest. PPT

Kruppa K, Cseh A and Molnár-Láng M (2009). Identification of barley chromosomes in derivatives of new wheat/barley hybrids using in situ hybridization and SSR markers. XV. Növénynemesítési Tudományos Napok 2009. március 17. pp. 277-281. Poster presented at 15th Annual Meeting on Plant Breeding, 17th March, 2009, Budapest. PDF

Kruppa K, Szakács É, Cseh A and Molnár-Láng M (2009). identification of new winter wheat/ winter barley disomic addition lines using fluoescent in situ hybridisation and molecular markers. VIII. Magyar Genetikai Kongresszus XV. Sejt- és Fejlődésbiológiai Napok Nyíregyháza, 2009. április 17-19. Poster presented at 8th Hungarian Genetic Conference, 15th Cell- and Development Biology Days, 17-19th April, 2009, Nyíregyháza, Hungary. PDF

Makdis F, Abdalla O, Hakim MS, Ogbonnaya FC (2009). Characterization of drought adaptive traits for the improvement of bread wheat in Mediterranean. Poster presented at the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought-Prone Environments (InterDrought III), 11–16 October 2009, Shanghai, China.

Molnár-Láng, M, Szakács, É, Molnár I, Kruppa K, Sepsi A, Cseh A, Dulai S, Aranyi N and Hoffmann B (2009). Molecular cytogenetic identification, physical mapping and phenotyping of wheat-barley introgression lines. Poster presented at 8th International Symposium on “New development in green gene technology”, 1-4 September 2009, Szeged, Hungary. PDF

Ogbonnaya FC, Dreccer F, Abdalla O, Condon T, Ouabbou H, Udupa SM, Gelacha S, Reynolds M, Bonnett D (2009). Phenotyping tools to select for adaptive traits in drought environments. Poster presented at the Generation Challenge Programme 2009 Annual Research Meeting, 20–23 September 2009, Bamako, Mali. PDF. Abstract p 42 in 2009 Poster abstracts

Pottorff M, Ehlers J, Roberts P, Close T (2010) Identifying resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. traicheiphilum Race 3 and Race 4 in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp]. Poster presented at Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) XVIII Conference, 9–13 January 2010, San Diego, CA., USA.

Sellamuthu R, Hong H, Chandra Babu R and Serraj R. (2009). Phenotyping and genetic analysis of spikelet fertility and reproductive stage traits in rice under water deficit. In 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production Under Drought-Prone Environments (InterDrought), Oct.11-16, Shanghai, China.

Sepsi A and Bucsi J (2009). Physical mapping of the 7D chromosome using a wheat/barley translocation line (5HS.7DL) produced in Martonvásári wheat background using microsatellite markers. Poster presented at 8th Alps Adria Scientific Workshop, 27 April- 2 May, 2009, Neum, Bosnia-Herzegovina. PDF

Shrestha R, Mauleon R, Simon R, Balaji J, Channelière S, Alercia A, Senger M, Manansala K, Metz T, Davenport G, Bruskiewich R, McLaren G and Arnaud E (2010). Development of GCP Ontology for Sharing Crop Information. Poster presented at the 3rd International Biocuration Conference, 17 April 2009, Berlin, Germany. PDF

Tignegre JB, Satoru M, Ouedraogo JT, Drabo I, Boukar O, Moutari N and Toure M (2009). Combining marker-assisted and farmer variety selections for Striga resistance in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) WALP). Poster presented at the GCP Annual Research Meeting, 20-23 September 2009, Bamako, Mali. Abstract p 39 in 2009 Poster abstracts

Tovar C, Hyman G, Wood S, Tenorio MT, de Vicente C, Asumugha G, Lokollo E, Kasambala S, Ouedraogo M and Diakite L (2009). Assessment of National Capacity to Utilise GCP Technologies in Five Case Study Countries. Poster presented at the GCP 2009 Annual Research Meeting, 20-23 September 2009, Bamako, Mali. PDF. Abstract p 67 in 2009 Poster abstracts.

Trinidad J, Gamuyao RL, Chin JH, Dalid CO, Haefele S, Wissuwa M and Heuer S (2009). Candidate genes in the major rice QTL Phosphate uptake 1 (Pup1). Poster presented at 20th Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, 18-23 May 2009, Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines.

Upadhyaya HD, Dwivedi SL, Vadez V , Hash CT , Krishnamurthy L, Clerget B, Weltzein-Rattunde E, Mgonja MA, Salimath PM, Karari CK, Ntundu W, Diourte M, and Cisse M (2009).  Phenotyping sorghum reference set for drought to be presented in GCP Annual Research Meeting, 20-23 Sept., 2009, Bamako, Mali. Abstract p 11 in 2009 Poster abstracts

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10). Media Coverage and press releases

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

2009 media coverage
2009 press releases

Media coverage
Biofutur (2009). Le séquencage du génome du bananier démarre. Biofutur, 27 November 2009, France. PDF

Crop Biotech Update. New project aims to enhance plant breeding efficiency in the developing world. 4 September 2009. View article.

Corporate Social Responsibility Africa (2009). GCP launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding in the developing world. 8 September 2009. View article.  

Food Security and AgBiotech News (2009). GCP launches its Molecular Breeding Platform. Press release posted by Meridian Institute, 11 September 2009. View article.

Fulton T (2009). Resource Center for global plant scientists. A section on social media website 'Facebook' dedicated to GCP's Interactive Resource Center & Helpdesk. Visit site.

Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (2009). GCP training material. View article.

Greiner L (2009). Crop improvement technology provides benefits to developing countries. Article published in Innovations from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech and relates to SP5 Commissioned project G4006.14: Ex-ante impact analysis of marker-assisted selection technologies supported by the Generation Challenge Programme (PI: George Norton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA). View article.

Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (2009). Getting to the bottom of rice. View article.
Related GCP project is Commissioned project G4005.35 ‘Sequencing multiple and diverse rice varieties: connecting whole-genome variation with phenotype’ (PI: Ken McNally of IRRI).

Related media coverage on this same GCP project:

  • Insciences Organisation. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article
  • Seedquest. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article.
  • Physorg.com. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article.
  • Science daily. Unlocking the genetic diversity of rice. 2 August 2009. View article
  • Buggy Brains. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article
  • RedOrbit. Science section. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article
  • Eureka Alert. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article 
  • Molecular Plant Breeding. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article
  • Science Codex. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article
  • Seed Daily. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article
  • Earth Witness. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article
  • NewsGuide.us. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article
  • Soyatech. Getting to the bottom of rice. View article 
  • For a full list related list of related media coverage on this project, click here.

Olchondra RT (2009). PhilRice eyes flood-tolerant rice. Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 9, 2009. View article. 

Philanthropy News Digest (2009). Initiative launched to bring molecular plant breeding tools to the developing world. 8 September 2009. View article.

Seedquest (2009). CGIAR's Generation Challenge Programme launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding in the developing world. 1 September 2009. View article.

Southern Education & Research Alliance (SERA) (2009). Cassava breeders benefit from SNP workshop. Article published in SERA e-news, October/November 2009, Vol 6, No 5. Read article

SciDev.net (2009). GCP launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding. Vew article.

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Press releases
November
University of Arizona (2009). Researchers complete draft genome sequence for cassava. Press release, 9 November 2009, University of Arizona, USA. Relates to GCP SP2 project G3007.03 Development of genomics resources for molecular breeding of drought tolerance in cassava and GCP's cassava Challenge Initiative. View press release.

October
University of California–Riverside (2009). UC Riverside researchers develop genetic map for cowpea, accelerating development of new varieties. 13 October 2009. View press release  

September
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2009). Generation Challenge Program launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding in the developing world. 1 September 2009. View press release.

Generation Challenge Programme (2009). GCP launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding in the developing world. 1 September 2009. View press release.

The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (2009). Potato Genome Sequence Released by International Group of Scientists. 23 September 2009. Press release.

May
Generation Challenge Programme and Crop Diversity Trust (2009). Hunt for 'climate-ready' crops accelerates as organizations search seed collections worldwide. 22 May 2009. View press release.

July
IRRI (2009). Global team develops tools to unravel diversity of rice (IRRI). 24 July 2009. View press release.

The Max Planck Society (2009). Getting to the bottom of rice. 23 July 2009 View press release
Related GCP project for the two press releases above is Commissioned project G4005.35 ‘Sequencing multiple and diverse rice varieties: connecting whole-genome variation with phenotype’ (PI: Ken McNally of IRRI)

June
IRRI (2009). Filipino farmers welcome new rice varieties. 4 June 2009. View press release.

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11) Academic dissertations and theses
Haouat M and Moufak N (2009). Utilization of PCR-based tcitatechniques for detection of transgene tolerant to drought in transgenic plants and analysis of genetic diversity in durum wheat. Maitrise Degree in Science and Techniques dissertation. Abdelmalek Essaâdi University , Tanger, Morocco.

Marimo P (2009). Gender Impacts of Molecular Assisted Breeding: The Case of Insect and Disease Resistant Cassava in Nigeria. MSc thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.  PDF

Oukhouia M (2009). Utilization of PCR-based techniques for improvement of durum wheat. Maitrise Degree in Science and Techniques dissertation. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco.

Saifi M (2009). Molecular characterization of improved lines of oats derived from interspecific hybridization and analysis and validation some molecular markers in bread wheat. MSc. thesis, Hassan I University, Settat, Morocco. 

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