Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Research Highlights -

Research Highlights

1. Breeding salinity tolerance in turfgrasses
2. Classification of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars using SSR markers
3. Components of heat and drought tolerance in tall fescue
4. Inheritance of rhizome and tiller production in tall fescue
5. BASL controls asymmetric cell division in Arabidopsis
6. Dynamic evolution of bz orthologous regions in the Andropogoneae and other grasses
7. BARREN STALK FASTIGIATE1 is an AT-hook protein required for the formation of maize ears
8. Survey of hazelnut germplasm from Russia and Crimea for response to eastern filbert blight.
9. Improving efficiency of cellulosic fermentation via genetic engineering to create "Smart Plants" for biofuel production
10. Genomics and strain selection of Lemnaceae (duckweed) for optimized wastewater treatment coupled to sustainable feed and fuel production
11. Regulators of programmed cell death as gene targets for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance determinants in Arabidopsis and crop plants
12. Cell wall genomics in the recombinogenic moss Physcomitrella patens
13. Plastid transformation in flowering plants
14. Eastern filbert blight susceptibility of American ? European hazelnut progenies
15. Susceptibility of basil cultivars and breeding lines to downy mildew (Peronospora belbahrii)
16. Plant genetic resources and scientific activities of the Uzbek Research Institute of Plant Industry
17. The first genetic map of the American cranberry: exploration of synteny conservation and quantitative trait loci.
18. Identification of genetic networks controlling asymmetric cell division in Arabidopsis
19. Generation of a sequence-indexed collection of gene knock-outs in maize
20. Elucidation of developmental pathway controlling axillary meristem initiation and fate in maize
21. Improvement of drought tolerance by increasing cytokinins in creeping bentgrass
22. Global mapping of chromatin modifications using current molecular methods and a novel informatics approach
23. Development of methods for modulating lysine production
24. Demonstration of exceptional transmission of pollen plastids and mitochondria in tobacco
25. Identification of nutrient-poor white sand areas in the Amazon Basin as ancestral areas for substrate-diverse evolutionary lineages within gentians