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    Volume 139, Issue 4
    i-iv, 685-820
    August 2020
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  • Pages: i-iv
  • First Published: 09 August 2020

REVIEW ARTICLES

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Breeding banana (Musa spp.) for drought tolerance: A review

Moureen Nansamba,  Julia Sibiya,  Robooni Tumuhimbise,  Deborah Karamura,  Jerome Kubiriba,  Eldad Karamura, 
  • Pages: 685-696
  • First Published: 02 March 2020
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Using public databases for genomic prediction of tropical maize lines

Pedro Patric Pinho Morais,  Deniz Akdemir,  Luciano Rogério Braatz de Andrade,  Jean-Luc Jannink,  Roberto Fritsche-Neto,  Aluízio Borém,  Filipe Couto Alves,  Danilo Hottis Lyra,  Ítalo Stefanine Correia Granato, 
  • Pages: 697-707
  • First Published: 12 May 2020

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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Identifying heterotic groups and testers for hybrid development in early maturing yellow maize (Zea mays) for sub-Saharan Africa

Benjamin Annor,  Baffour Badu-Apraku,  Daniel Nyadanu,  Richard Akromah,  Morakinyo A. B. Fakorede, 
  • Pages: 708-716
  • First Published: 20 April 2020
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Long-term trends and genetic architecture of seed characteristics, grain yield and correlated agronomic traits in triticale (×Triticosecale Wittmack)

Jan E. Neuweiler,  Hans Peter Maurer,  Tobias Würschum, 
  • Pages: 717-729
  • First Published: 20 April 2020

Identification of a novel recessive gene for resistance to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei) in barley (Hordeum vulgare)

Urszula Piechota,  Piotr Słowacki,  Paweł C. Czembor, 
  • Pages: 730-742
  • First Published: 06 April 2020

Enhanced grain yield in rice hybrids through complementation of fertility restoration by Rf3 and Rf4 genes as revealed by multilocation evaluation of tropical japonica derived rice (Oryza sativa) hybrids

Shivakumar Shidenur,  Vikram Jeet Singh,  Kunnummal Kurungara Vinod,  S Gopala Krishnan,  Surendra Kumar Ghritlahre,  Haritha Bollinedi,  Brijesh Kumar Dixit,  Ranjith Kumar Ellur,  Mariappan Nagarajan,  Ashok Kumar Singh,  Prolay Kumar Bhowmick, 
  • Pages: 743-753
  • First Published: 13 April 2020

Chromosome doubling of androgenic haploid plantlets of rice (Oryza sativa) using antimitotic compounds

Isidre Hooghvorst,  Pol Ribas,  Salvador Nogués, 
  • Pages: 754-761
  • First Published: 27 April 2020

Variation in RNA-editing sites of chloroplast protein-coding genes in early-maturity mutant induced by carbon-ion beam in Sweet Sorghum

Ruiyuan Liu,  Wenjian Li,  Dong Lu,  Jiangang Li,  Ying Qu,  Wenjie Jin,  Xicun Dong, 
  • Pages: 762-778
  • First Published: 10 June 2020

Development of a multiparent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) population for genetic exploitation of complex traits in Brassica juncea: Glucosinolate content as an example

Wei Yan,  Haifei Zhao,  Kunjiang Yu,  Tianya Wang,  Aimal Nawaz Khattak,  Entang Tian, 
  • Pages: 779-789
  • First Published: 06 April 2020
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Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with iron deficiency chlorosis resistance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea)

Santosh K. Pattanashetti,  Manish K. Pandey,  Gopalakrishna K. Naidu,  Manish K. Vishwakarma,  Omprakash Kumar Singh,  Yaduru Shasidhar,  Ishwar H. Boodi,  Basavaraj D. Biradar,  Roma Rani Das,  Abhishek Rathore,  Rajeev K. Varshney, 
  • Pages: 790-803
  • First Published: 13 March 2020

miRNA precursor-derived SSR marker-mediated genotyping of tea (Camellia sinensis) cultivars with varying health benefit traits

Anjan Hazra,  Nirjhar Dasgupta,  Rakesh Kumar,  Chandan Sengupta,  Sauren Das, 
  • Pages: 804-810
  • First Published: 07 January 2020

Elderberry (Sambucus spp.) interspecific hybridization and its impact on fruit oxalates

Nataša Imenšek,  Janja Kristl,  Vilma Sem,  Anton Ivančič, 
  • Pages: 811-820
  • First Published: 05 March 2020