Molecular techniques to map farmer and breeder preferences - an innovative approach towards participatory plant breeding
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www.bioversityinternational.org Assessing the genetic variability of crops is required to identify and develop cultivars (cultivated varieties) suitable for speci c growing conditions and speci c economic, social and environmental needs. Modern breeding relies on the identi cation of DNA regions that control complex traits of agronomic interest, such as resistance to drought, yield and plant height. Once those are identi ed, molecular tools can be applied to enhance the selection process and speed up the development of new varieties. The identi cation of such regions, called association mapping, is based on integrating molecular data with extensive phenotypic data (i.e. the observable characteristics of a crop).
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