Microsatellite markers: an overview of the recent progress in plants

RK Kalia, MK Rai, S Kalia, R Singh, AK Dhawan - Euphytica, 2011 - Springer
In recent years, molecular markers have been utilized for a variety of applications including
examination of genetic relationships between individuals, mapping of useful genes …

Omics approaches in Allium research: Progress and way ahead

K Khandagale, R Krishna, P Roylawar, AB Ade… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background The genus Allium (Family: Amaryllidaceae) is an economically important group
of crops cultivated worldwide for their use as a vegetable and spices. Alliums are also well …

Transcriptome sequencing to produce SNP-based genetic maps of onion

J Duangjit, B Bohanec, AP Chan, CD Town… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2013 - Springer
We used the Roche-454 platform to sequence from normalized cDNA libraries from each of
two inbred lines of onion (OH1 and 5225). From approximately 1.6 million reads from each …

Enhancing onion breeding using molecular tools

JS Khosa, J McCallum, AS Dhatt… - Plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) is an ancient crop that is thought to have originated in Central
Asia and has been cultivated for over 5000 years. Classical genetic and plant breeding …

Onion breeding

MJ Havey - Plant breeding reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) is grown on all continents except Antarctica, and is prized by
essentially all of the world's cultures for its flavor and health‐enhancing attributes. Both open …

Conservation and Global Distribution of Onion (Allium cepa L.) Germplasm for Agricultural Sustainability

K Ochar, SH Kim - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Onion (Allium cepa L.) is recognized globally as a crucial vegetable crop, prized not only for
its culinary applications but also for its numerous health-promoting properties. With climate …

Development of robust genomic simple sequence repeat markers for estimation of genetic diversity within and among bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) populations

S Baldwin, M Pither-Joyce, K Wright, L Chen… - Molecular …, 2012 - Springer
Improved understanding of genetic diversity in onion and shallot (Allium cepa L.) is required
to inform breeding and genetic resource conservation, and to enable development of …

Genetic Diversity Analysis of Onion (Allium cepa L.) from the Arid Region of Tunisia Using Phenotypic Traits and SSR Markers

A Chalbi, H Chikh-Rouhou, N Mezghani, A Slim… - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present study was carried out to evaluate and characterize, for the first time, the genetic
potential of a collection of onion (Allium cepa L.) local accessions from the arid region of …

Genetic enhancement of onion germplasm through population improvement

DC Manjunathagowda - Plant Physiology Reports, 2022 - Springer
Sustainable onion breeding relies on genetic values of the germplasm. Descriptive statistics
for the breeding values for economical traits revealed the maximum variability among the 62 …

Genetic diversity and population structure in onion (Allium cepa L.) accessions based on morphological and molecular approaches

F Lyngkhoi, N Saini, AB Gaikwad… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2021 - Springer
Bulb onion is cultivated throughout the world for consumption as vegetable and processed
products. Although having high global demand and economic significance, information …