To identifying of the high yielding wheat lines with optimal characteristics and to determine the traits which could be used as the selection index for increasing of grain yield, 40 recombinant inbred lines derived from a cross between Norstar and Zagros cultivars were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The measured characters consisted of peduncle weight, ...

Estimation of genetic diversity is an important factor in germplasm conservation and characterization. In rice breeding programs, genetic diversity information on specific regions of genome can be very useful for the application of marker assisted selection (MAS) and for gene mapping. A total of 152 rice lines were considered for breeding programs using microsatellites (SSR) technique. The tota...

Morphological characterization facilitates the seed production agencies to identify varieties on phenotypic basis by their distinguished characters. The presence of sufficient variability for various agro-morphological traits, as well improvement these traithrough selection and introduction new alleles, lines, accessions into breeding activity from both exotic indigenous collections, aids in id...