Identification of SNP Markers Associated with Iron and Zinc Concentrations in Cicer Seeds.

Background: L. is the wild progenitor of chickpea L., the fourth most important pulse crop in the world.

Genome-wide association studies of Ca and Mn in the seeds of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

SNP markers linked to genes controlling Ca and Mn uptake were identified in the common bean seeds using DArT-based association mapping (AM). The Ca concentration in the seeds varied between 475 and 3,100 mg kg with an average of 1,280.9 mg kg and the Mn concentration ranged from 4.

Association mapping of magnesium and manganese concentrations in the seeds of C. arietinum and C. reticulatum.

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the oldest and most important pulse crops grown and consumed all over the world, especially in developing countries. Magnesium (Mg) and manganese (Mn) are essential plant nutrients in terms of human health and many health problems arise in their deficiencies.

Association mapping of loci linked to copper, phosphorus, and potassium concentrations in the seeds of C. arietinum and C. reticulatum.

Due to its high nutritional value, chickpea is one of the most important and cost-effective legumes for human diet. Nutrient elements, such as Cu, P, K have numerous essential functions for the human metabolism. In this study, association mapping of loci linked to the seed Cu, P and K concentrations were performed on a population consisting of 107 Cicer reticulatum and 73 Cicer arietinum individuals in four environments (two locations x two years).

A consensus linkage map of lentil based on DArT markers from three RIL mapping populations.

Background: Lentil (Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medikus) is a diploid (2n = 2x = 14), self-pollinating grain legume with a haploid genome size of about 4 Gbp and is grown throughout the world with current annual production of 4.9 million tonnes.

Association mapping for five agronomic traits in the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

Background: The common bean is the most important grain legume and a major source of protein in many developing countries. We analysed the following traits: pod fibre (PF), seeds per pod (SPP), plant type (PT), growth habit (GH), and days to flowering (DF) for a set of diverse common bean accessions and determined whether such traits were associated with amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), simple sequence repeat (SSR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers.

Results: In this study, 66 common bean genotypes were used and genotyped with 233 AFLP, 105 SNP and 80 SSR markers.

Genetic assessment of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) accessions by peroxidase gene-based markers.

Background: Peroxidase, a plant-specific oxidoreductase, is a heme-containing glycoprotein encoded by a large multigenic family in plants. Plant peroxidases (POXs, EC 1.11.