1. Assessment of genetic diversity and relationships among maize (Zea mays L.) Italian landraces by morphological traits and AFLP profiling

   • H. Hartings
   • N. Berardo
   • M. Motto

   Original Paper 27 June 2008 Pages: 831 - 842

   

2. Comparison of marker-based pairwise relatedness estimators on a pedigreed plant population

   • Marco C. A. M. Bink
   • Amy D. Anderson
   • Elizabeth A. Thompson

   Original Paper Open access 01 July 2008 Pages: 843 - 855

   

3. Genetic structure and diversity of cultivated soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) landraces in China

   • Yinghui Li
   • Rongxia Guan
   • Lijuan Qiu

   Original Paper 28 June 2008 Pages: 857 - 871

   

4. Identification of novel tan spot resistance loci beyond the known host-selective toxin insensitivity genes in wheat

   • C.-G. Chu
   • T. L. Friesen
   • J. D. Faris

   Original Paper 25 June 2008 Pages: 873 - 881

   

5. QTL mapping of yield and fiber traits based on a four-way cross population in Gossypium hirsutum L.

   • Hongde Qin
   • Wangzhen Guo
   • Tianzhen Zhang

   Original Paper 05 July 2008 Pages: 883 - 894

   

6. High throughput genome-specific and gene-specific molecular markers for erucic acid genes in Brassica napus (L.) for marker-assisted selection in plant breeding

   • Mukhlesur Rahman
   • Zudong Sun
   • Genyi Li

   Original Paper 17 July 2008 Pages: 895 - 904

   

7. Discovery of a novel cytoplasmic male-sterility and its restorer lines in radish (Raphanus sativus L.)

   • Young-Pyo Lee
   • Suhyung Park
   • Sunggil Kim

   Original Paper 03 July 2008 Pages: 905 - 913

   

8. Development of microsatellite markers specific for the short arm of rye (Secale cereale L.) chromosome 1

   • Robert Kofler
   • Jan Bartoš
   • Tamas Lelley

   Original Paper Open access 15 July 2008 Pages: 915 - 926

   

9. Genetic association of ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3-like sequence with the sex-determining M locus in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

   • Shiqiang Liu
   • Liang Xu
   • Sanwen Huang

   Original Paper 16 July 2008 Pages: 927 - 933

   

10. Novel QTLs for photoperiodic flowering revealed by using reciprocal backcross inbred lines from crosses between japonica rice cultivars

    • K. Matsubara
    • I. Kono
    • M. Yano

    Original Paper 26 August 2008 Pages: 935 - 945

    

11. Multi-trait association mapping in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

    • Benjamin Stich
    • Hans-Peter Piepho
    • Albrecht E. Melchinger

    Original Paper 24 July 2008 Pages: 947 - 954

    

12. Genetic linkage mapping of the soybean aphid resistance gene in PI 243540

    • M. A. Rouf Mian
    • Sung-Taeg Kang
    • Ronald B. Hammond

    Original Paper 15 July 2008 Pages: 955 - 962

    

13. Cloning and characterization of phosphorus starvation inducible Brassica napus PURPLE ACID PHOSPHATASE 12 gene family, and imprinting of a recently evolved MITE-minisatellite twin structure

    • Kun Lu
    • You-Rong Chai
    • Jia-Na Li

    Original Paper 21 August 2008 Pages: 963 - 975

    

14. Development of a set of public SSR markers derived from genomic sequence of a rapid cycling Brassica oleracea L. genotype

    • Federico L. Iniguez-Luy
    • Amy V. Voort
    • Thomas C. Osborn

    Original Paper 24 July 2008 Pages: 977 - 985

    

15. Genetic analysis of root elongation induced by phosphorus deficiency in rice (Oryza sativa L.): fine QTL mapping and multivariate analysis of related traits

    • Akifumi Shimizu
    • Kenji Kato
    • Hiroshi Ikehashi

    Original Paper 19 July 2008 Pages: 987 - 996

    

16. Fine mapping of a strong QTL of field resistance against rice blast, Pikahei-1(t), from upland rice Kahei, utilizing a novel resistance evaluation system in the greenhouse

    • Xin Xu
    • H. Chen
    • S. Kawasaki

    Original Paper Open access 29 August 2008 Pages: 997 - 1008

    

17. Genomic and genetic analysis of Myb-related genes that regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis in grape berry skin

    • Akifumi Azuma
    • Shozo Kobayashi
    • Yoshiko Koshita

    Original Paper 24 July 2008 Pages: 1009 - 1019