Project Number: 500-53-001-79
Project Type: Grant

Start Date: Apr 01, 2001
End Date: Mar 31, 2005

Objective:
Implement marker-assisted selection in the scab breeding and germplasm enhancement programs in South Dakota.

Approach:
Adopt publicly available SSR markers to SDSU spring and winter wheat breeding programs and the USWBSI germplasm program; characterize our elite materials for their association with SSR markers; and develop new EST-derived markers for scab resistance.

Project Team

Simmons, Mary - Kay Yang Yen - Professor 301-504-5560

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