While sexual selection is generally assumed to quickly cause or strengthen prezygotic barriers between sister species, its role in causing postzygotic isolation, through the unattractiveness of intermediate hybrids, is less often examined. Combining 24 years of pedigree data and recently developed species-specific molecular markers from collared (Ficedula albicollis) and pied (Ficedula hypoleuc...

in order to study drought tolerance indices and to introduce tolerant maize hybrids in drought conditions, an experiment was conducted at the experimental field of seed and plant improvement institute, in 2009. the experiment was carried out using split-plot in a randomized complete block design (crbd) with three replications. the main plots consisted of three levels of irrigation regimes (irri...

Comparing different methods of estimating the genetic diversity could define their usefulness in plant breeding programs. In this study, a total of 18 morphological traits and 20 simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci were used to study the morphological and genetic diversity among 20 maize hybrids selected from different countries, and to classify the hybrids into groups based on molecular profiles...

to determine tetraploid pollinators resistant to cercospora leaf spot disease and bolting with optimum yield and quality, five tetraploid pollinators were crossed with a male sterile line, sb17. the hybrid seed was harvested from the male-sterile line. the hybrids together with four controls including resistant and susceptible cultivars (a total of 9 cultivars), were evaluated in a randomized c...

Field trials were conducted from 2007 to 2010 to compare grain fumonisin levels among non-Bt maize hybrids and Bt hybrids with transgenic protection against manual infestations of European corn borer (ECB) and Western bean cutworm (WBC). HPLC and ELISA were used to measure fumonisin levels. Results of the methods were highly correlated, but ELISA estimates were higher. Bt hybrids experienced le...

The Middle East is a major producer of both processing and fresh market tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum); and tomatoes are a main component of the local cuisines. Since Tomato yellow leaf curl disease was first reported in Israel in the early 1950s, it has become one of the major, if not the most important, constraint to production (see historical perspective in Part I, Chapter 1). This disease ...

Hybrids were prepared between Y79 retinoblastoma (RB) and nonmalignant NIH3T3 cells and studied to confirm the presumed recessiveness of RB. Twenty hybrids containing both of the dominant gene markers, pSV2neo and pSV2GPT, initially transfected into the parent cells were isolated. All of the hybrids showed a fibroblastic morphology and anchorage-dependent growth. None of the tested hybrids or t...

Ten tomato commercial and productive single cross hybrids extensively grown in Northern Transitional Zone of Karnataka were planted in the field at UAS, Dharwad following RBD design with three replications. A 10 x 10 diallel set was generated by crossing these single cross hybrids in all possible combinations (excluding reciprocals) and 45 double cross hybrids were planted during February, 2007...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether there is a need to correct first-trimester biochemical markers (free beta-hCG and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A)) or first-trimester fetal nuchal translucency thickness (NT) in different ethnic groups, when screening for Downs syndrome at 11-14 weeks of gestation. METHODS Free beta-hCG, PAPP-A and fetal NT were measured at 11-14 weeks of gestation ...