1. Utilizing MAS Procedures For Identifying Resistant
Types In Important Crops Like Rice, Sorghum, Wheat,
Cotton
Breeding For Resistance To Stresses Caused By Toxicity,
Deficiency
Pollutants Or Contaminants In Soil, Water And
Environment
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2. MECHANISM OF SALINITY RESISTANCE
1. Interspecific Variation (SY100, SY50)
2. Intraspecific Variation
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3. MEASUREMENT OF SALINITY RESISTANCE
1. SALINE ENVIRONMENT:
a. Non-saline field with saline irrigation
b. Microplots
c. Greenhouse environment
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4. C. Greenhouse environment
i. Germination:
Filter paper
Antibiotic agar plate
Pots filled with soil
Pots filled with sand/gravel
Hydroponics
ii. Seedling characterstics
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5. ESTIMATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA OF SALINITY
RESISTANCE
I. Cell Survival
II. Germination
III. Dry matter accumulation
IV. Leaf death and Senescence
V. Leaf ion content
VI. Osmoregulation
VII. Yield
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7. MECHANISM OF MINERAL DEFICIENCY STRESS
RESISTANCE
I. Mineral redistribution
II. Efficient mineral uptake : Acidification of rhizosphere
III. Increased mineral transport
IV. Increased root/shoot ratio
V. Increased root hair density/length
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8. SELECTION CRITERIA
1. Visible Deficiency
Symptoms
2. Mineral Contents of Plant
Tissues
3. Biochemical Tests
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12. SELECTION CRITERIA FOR Al and Mn TOXICITY
I. Shoot dry matter
II. Root length
III. Root weight
IV. Root deformations
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13. MARKER ASSISTED SELECTION
A successful application of molecular markers to assist breeding
procedures rely on several factors:
A genetic map with molecular markers linked to the major gene(s)
or QTLs of agronomic interest;
A tight association between the markers and the major gene(s) or the
QTLs;
Adequate recombinations between the markers associated to the
trait(s) of interest and the rest of the genome and
The possibility of analyzing a large number of individuals in a time
and cost effective manner.
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14. For plant breeders, the most useful application of MAS is to use
DNA-based markers for basically three purposes:
Tracing favorable allele(s) (dominant or recessive) across
generations; in order to accumulate favorable alleles,
Identifying the most suitable individuals among segregating
progenies, based on the allelic composition of a part or of the entire
genome and
Breaking the possible linkage of favorable alleles with
undesirable loci
AIMS OF MARKER ASSISTED SELECTION
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