1. Cytonuclear epistatic quantitative trait locus mapping for plant height and ear height in maize

   • Zaixiang Tang
   • Zefeng Yang
   • Chenwu Xu

   OriginalPaper 03 July 2012 Pages: 1 - 14

   

2. Genetic dissection of grain beta-glucan and amylose content in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

   • Emir Islamovic
   • Donald E. Obert
   • Eric W. Jackson

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2012 Pages: 15 - 25

   

3. Structural variation in the 5′ upstream region of photoperiod-insensitive alleles Ppd-A1a and Ppd-B1a identified in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), and their effect on heading time

   • Hidetaka Nishida
   • Tetsuya Yoshida
   • Kenji Kato

   OriginalPaper 11 July 2012 Pages: 27 - 37

   

4. Selection of housekeeping genes for qRT-PCR analysis in potato tubers under cold stress

   • Raquel Lopez-Pardo
   • Jose Ignacio Ruiz de Galarreta
   • Enrique Ritter

   OriginalPaper 18 September 2012 Pages: 39 - 45

   

5. Cloning and haplotype analysis of TaSTE, which is associated with plant height in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

   • Wenping Zhang
   • Lei Zhang
   • Jizeng Jia

   OriginalPaper 03 August 2012 Pages: 47 - 56

   

6. NMR metabolomics of berry quality in sea buckthorn (Hippophae L.)

   • Wei Li
   • Cheng-Jiang Ruan
   • Chun-E Zhao

   OriginalPaper 25 July 2012 Pages: 57 - 67

   

7. Molecular characterization of spontaneous and induced mutations in the three homoeologous waxy genes of Japanese barnyard millet [Echinochloa esculenta (A. Braun) H. Scholz]

   • Goro Ishikawa
   • Yasuyuki Seimiya
   • Tsuguhiro Hoshino

   OriginalPaper 18 August 2012 Pages: 69 - 78

   

8. Validation and high-resolution mapping of a major quantitative trait locus for alkaline salt tolerance in soybean using residual heterozygous line

   • D. D. Tuyen
   • H. M. Zhang
   • D. H. Xu

   OriginalPaper 28 July 2012 Pages: 79 - 86

   

9. Improving the yellow pigment content of bread wheat flour by selecting the three homoeologous copies of Psy1

   • Catherine Ravel
   • Mireille Dardevet
   • Gilles Charmet

   OriginalPaper 05 August 2012 Pages: 87 - 99

   

10. Development of Capsicum EST–SSR markers for species identification and in silico mapping onto the tomato genome sequence

    • Kenta Shirasawa
    • Kohei Ishii
    • Satoshi Tabata

    OriginalPaper Open access 11 August 2012 Pages: 101 - 110

    

11. Identification of quantitative trait loci for cane splitting in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus)

    • Mary Woodhead
    • Sandie Williamson
    • Julie Graham

    OriginalPaper 24 November 2012 Pages: 111 - 122

    

12. Marker-assisted development and characterization of a set of Triticum aestivum lines carrying different introgressions from the T. timopheevii genome

    • Ekaterina M. Timonova
    • Irina N. Leonova
    • Elena A. Salina

    OriginalPaper 05 September 2012 Pages: 123 - 136

    

13. Identification of quantitative trait loci for ion homeostasis and salt tolerance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

    • Viet Long Nguyen
    • Simon A. Ribot
    • C. Gerard van der Linden

    OriginalPaper 05 September 2012 Pages: 137 - 152

    

14. Targeted mapping of quantitative trait locus regions for rhizomatousness in chromosome SBI-01 and analysis of overwintering in a Sorghum bicolor × S. propinquum population

    • Jacob D. Washburn
    • Seth C. Murray
    • Russell W. Jessup

    OriginalPaper Open access 06 September 2012 Pages: 153 - 162

    

15. Identifying quantitative trait loci for symbiotic nitrogen fixation capacity and related traits in common bean

    • Lara Ramaekers
    • Carlos H. Galeano
    • Matthew W. Blair

    OriginalPaper 08 September 2012 Pages: 163 - 180

    

16. Simultaneous improvement and genetic dissection of grain yield and its related traits in a backbone parent of hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) using selective introgression

    • Hongjun Zhang
    • Hui Wang
    • Zhikang Li

    OriginalPaper 18 September 2012 Pages: 181 - 194

    

17. Physical localization of a novel blue-grained gene derived from Thinopyrum bessarabicum

    • Yuefeng Shen
    • Jian Shen
    • Zengjun Qi

    OriginalPaper 14 September 2012 Pages: 195 - 204

    

18. Reference gene selection for RT-qPCR analysis of Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium during its flowering stages

    • Jianxin Fu
    • Yi Wang
    • Silan Dai

    OriginalPaper 09 September 2012 Pages: 205 - 215

    

19. Quantitative trait loci pyramiding for fruit quality traits in tomato

    • Adriana Sacco
    • Antonio Di Matteo
    • Amalia Barone

    Short communication Open access 28 June 2012 Pages: 217 - 222

    

20. Development of microsatellite markers targeting (GATA) _n motifs in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]

    • I. Jaikishan
    • G. R. Paik
    • P. Rajendrakumar

    Short communication 28 July 2012 Pages: 223 - 231

    

21. Development and validation of a breeder-friendly KASPar marker for wheat leaf rust resistance locus Lr21

    • Kumari Neelam
    • Gina Brown-Guedira
    • Li Huang

    Short communication 21 August 2012 Pages: 233 - 237

    

22. Improvement of two traditional Basmati rice varieties for bacterial blight resistance and plant stature through morphological and marker-assisted selection

    • Manish K. Pandey
    • N. Shobha Rani
    • B. C. Viraktamath

    Short Communication 08 September 2012 Pages: 239 - 246

    

23. Identification of a complete set of functional markers for the selection of er1 powdery mildew resistance in Pisum sativum L.

    • Stefano Pavan
    • Adalgisa Schiavulli
    • Luigi Ricciardi

    Short communication 08 September 2012 Pages: 247 - 253