In this study, we present the genetic analysis of a new collection of wild barley (Hordeum
spontaneum) using 42 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers that represent the seven …

With 1 figure and 4 tables Abstract The study assessed farmers' and breeders' selection
efficiencies in one cycle of selection in a participatory barley breeding program. The …

Selecting desired agronomic traits may lead to a loss of genetic diversity in crop species. A
molecular investigation was conducted to determine how well a set of olive (Olea europaea …

Few studies have assessed the effective gains achieved by collaborative decentralized
participatory breeding, in terms of yield and other agronomic traits, in comparison with …

Context: Approximately one billion people live in semi-arid and arid regions, and of these
about 40% live on less than a dollar a day. Legumes crops are an important component of …

Monoecious plants divide sexual function into distinct staminate (male) and pistillate
(female) inflorescences (Frankel and Galun, 1977; Maynard Smith, 1978) and have …

Client-oriented plant breeding traces its roots to farmer participatory research approaches of
the 1980s. There are a number of names used to describe the practiced processes. This …

Salvatore Ceccarelli is a geneticist, plant breeder, innovator, mentor, and farmers' friend with
over 50 years of dedicated work to agricultural research for development. His major …

La papa criolla (Solanum tuberosum Grupo Phureja) es una especie fuente de
características deseables como sabor, color, textura, cocción rápida, mayor calidad …

The footprint left by one century of intensive breeding on the phenotype and genotype has
been studied in barleys that originated and were developed at the territory of Moravia and …