The aim of this study was to refine the position of previously detected quantitative trait loci (QTL) on bovine chromosome 14 affecting milk production traits, using both linkage analysis (LA) and combined disequilibrium and linkage analysis (LDLA) methods, in Iranian Holstein dairy cattle. Analysis data was LRT (likelihood ratio test) and computed using the DMU (estimate the (co)variance compo...

the optimum dosage for field application bactimos (w.p.) was determined as 0.04g/m , when efficacy of four concentration of 0.01 , 0.02 , 0.04 and 0.08 gim2 were compared in 1 x i m2 artificial breeding sites. this dosage caused 69.8%, 55.6% and 43.6% anopheline and 83%, 47.8% and 29.7% culicine larval mortality, in 24.48% and 72 hrs post treatment, respectively. abate and fuel oil were signifi...

rhizomania is the most important disease of sugar beet in iran and some other parts of the world, and plays an essential role in decreasing sugar yield in fields. the best approach to control this disease is to use resistant varieties. tagging the resistance genes in breeding programs, by molecular markers is necessary. in this study, some breeding populations and commercial varieties of sugar ...

Cultivating resistant varieties of potato is the most effective and environmentally safe method of protecting against pests and diseases that affect potato crops. Therefore, potato breeding is focused on developing more resistant varieties so that the use of plant health products can be reduced during the cultivation cycle. Resistance to late blight, viruses and nematodes is the most important ...

AUSTRALIAN sugarcane breeding programs in the past have maintained fairly separate breeding and selection programs targeting different regions. This structuring implied an assumption that genotype x region interactions are important relative to genotype x environment interactions within regions, but this had not been tested. A research project was initiated in 1997 to help address this issue an...

This study was aimed to differentiate parental genomes, examining intergenomic composition, and mapping mitotic metaphase chromosomes by localizing 18S rDNA probes in seven interspecific hybrid progenies that originated from Lilium longiflorum. Since single method of situ hybridization has been widely used lily breeding, while this study, flow cytometry conjunction with genomic fluorescent dete...

BACKGROUND Pituitary dwarfism in German Shepherd Dogs is associated with autosomal recessive inheritance and a mutation in LHX3, resulting in combined pituitary hormone deficiency. Congenital dwarfism also is encountered in breeds related to German Shepherd Dogs, such as Saarloos and Czechoslovakian wolfdogs. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether Saarloos and Czechoslovakian wolfdog dwarfs have t...

The tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum, native to Brazil, is widely used in aquaculture systems. We developed a multiplex PCR panel for this species, comprising 12 microsatellite loci. This panel was used to genotype 73 specimens collected from Juruti, a city in the Brazilian Amazon. The mean number of alleles per locus was 8.8, the mean observed heterozygosity was 0.76, and the combined powe...