December 2009

Seed germination of java plum (Syzigium cumnii) in three provenances western Kenya

    Indigenous fruits are very important as sources of food security, balanced households nutrition. Deforestation poses a serious threat to their survival. Domestication of these trees can be successful only if successful propagation techniques are applied. In Kenya Syzigium cuminii has become a very important indigenous fruit tree for local consumption and income...

Author(s): J. L. Okuto and G. Ouma

December 2009

The somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from immature embryo of sweet corn inbred line

    Synthetic seed consisting of somatic embryos enclosed in protective coating are a suitable tool for clonal mass propagation of elite plant varieties. The in vitro study was aimed to evaluate the optimizing medium for sweet corn somatic embryogenesis, synthetic seed production which leads to increasing germination and seed viability percentage. The in...

Author(s):   Pitipong Thobunluepop

December 2009

Identification and genetic mapping of elongated uppermost internode gene ‘eui’ with microsatellite markers in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

  Development of cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines with elongated uppermost internode (EUI) trait is a desirable alternative to eliminate the use of GA3 in hybrid rice production. In this study, a simple and reliable PCR based, simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers was identified, for the eui gene to facilitate marker assisted selection (MAS). A total of 28 SSR markers, mapped in the vicinity of the...

Author(s): Pawan Khera, M. G. Gangashetti, Sukhpal Singh, K. Ulaganathan, H. E. Shashidhar and W. H. Freeman