Resources - Papers

Collard BCY and Mackill DJ (2008) Marker-assisted selection: an approach for precision plant breeding in the twenty-first century. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 363: 557-572.

Collard BCY, Jahufer MZZ, Brouwer JB, Pang ECK (2005) An introduction to markers, quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping and marker-assisted selection for crop improvement: The basic concepts. Euphytica 142: 169-196

Young ND (1996) QTL mapping and quantitative disease resistance in plants. Annu Rev Phytopathol 34: 479-501

Farooq S & Azam F (2002) Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding I: Concepts and Characterization. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 5 (10): 1135-1140.

Farooq S & Azam F (2002) Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding-II. Some Pre-requisites for Use. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 5 (10): 1141-1147.

Ribaut J-M and Ragot M (2007) Marker-assisted selection to improve drought adaptation in maize: the backcross approach, perspectives, limitations, and alternatives. Journal of Experimental Botany (Integrated approaches to sustain and improve plant production drought stress special issue) 58: 351-360