Abstract Background and aims This study explores the use of energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) for screening micronutrient concentrations in lentil sorghum grain biofortification breeding programs. Methods Lentil seed was provided from programs analysed with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine reference concentration levels Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu Zn. A subset th...

A Mexican hexaploid wild potato species, Solanum demissum (dms), was only used as a female in previous breeding programs. The resulting clones with dms cytoplasm produced abundant, but non-functional pollen. A 170 bp DNA fragment, named Band 1, was originally detected in the F(1) hybrid between dms and S. tuberosum. In this study, the sequenced region was extended to 1,032 bp; nevertheless, it ...