April 2012

Ethyle methane sulphonate (EMS) induced mutagenic attempts to create genetic variability in Basmati rice

  Chemical mutagens have long been used to create genetic variability in crop plants for breeding research and genetic studies. In rice, more than 500 varieties have been released through induced mutations. Ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS) is the most commonly used chemical mutagen in plants. EMS normally induces Gas chromatography GC to AT transitions in the genome and thus resulting protein in the...

Author(s):   J. I. Wattoo, K. Aslam, S. M. Shah, G. Shabir, M. Sabar, S. A. Naveed, R. Waheed, Samiullah, Q. H. Muqaddasi and M. Arif  

April 2012

Morphological and molecular characterization of six of the most frequently cultivated hard wheat varieties in Tunisia

  To effectively differentiate and characterize six of the most cultivated hard wheat (Triticum durum Desf) varieties in Tunisia, morphological and molecular markers were used. In the former approach, 10 qualitative characters were employed, as recommended by UPOV descriptors. Twelve of the 17 screened simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers showed clear polymorphic patterns following agarose and...

Author(s): Sahari Khoufi, Khalil Khamassi, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Ramzi Chaabaneand M. Barek Ben Naceur