Research Article

• Marker assisted pyramiding of major blast resistance genes Pi9 and Pita in the genetic background of an elite Basmati rice variety, Pusa Basmati 1

  Apurva Khanna, Vinay Sharma, Ranjith K. Ellur, Asif B. Shikari, S. Gopala Krishnan, U. D. Singh, G. Prakash, T. R. Sharma, Rajeev Rathour, Mukund Variar, S K. Prashanthi, M. Nagarajan, K. K. Vinod, Prolay K. Bhowmick, H. Rajashekhara, N. K. Singh, K. V. Prabhu, Ashok K. Singh

  417-425

• Studies on the effects of pericarp pigmentation on grain development and yield of black rice

  Md Mominur Rahman, Kyung Eun Lee, Sang Gu Kang

  426-433

• Dissection of wheat spot blotch disease resistance QTLs in to single Mendelian genes

  Suneel Kumar, Shashi Bhushan Tripathi, Uttam Kumar

  434-439

• Validation of race non-specific, adult plant leaf rust resistance genes Lr34 and Lr67 in some common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars

  A. N. Mishra, K. Kaushal, V. G. Dubey, G. S. Shirsekar, S. V. Sai Prasad

  440-445

• An improved in vitro germination medium for recalcitrant bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) pollen

  P. Jayaprakash, S. Annapoorani, V. K. Vikas, M. Sivasamy, J. Kumar, K. Saravannan, E. Punniakotti, D. Sheeba

  446-452

• Effect of opaque-2 allele on accumulation of tryptophan among backcross-derived introgressed progenies of maize

  Mahak Tufchi, Rashmi , S. K. Jha, N. K. Singh

  453-458

• Sequence analysis of MIPS-1s gene isolated from the low-phyticacid inbred line of maize Qi319 and characterization of its expression patterns

  Qinghua Gao, Cui Zhang, Wei Fan, Dongdong Niu, Ruijuan Rong, Xuejiao Li, Liuyang Miao, Lijuan Liu, Guozhen Liu

  459-467

• Rainfall trends and maize productivity in diverse agro-climatic regions of India

  Vinay Mahajan, K. P. Singh, Payal Bansal, Vijay Kumar, R. Sai Kumar

  468-477

• Expression analysis of a MATE-type transporter gene of Arabidopsis and its orthologues in rice and chickpea under salt stress

  M. S. Nimmy, V. Kumar, A. K. Singh, P. K. Jain, R. Srinivasan

  478-485

• Effects of cytoplasm from Cajanus cajanifolius on the performance of pigeonpea hybrids

  K. B. Saxena, Rafat Sultana, A. Rathore

  486-489

• Biochemical screening for trypsin inhibitor factors and morphomolecular characterization of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.)

  Khushbu K. Verma, Akshay Talukdar, M. Shivakumar, Bhupender Kumar, S. K. Lal, Nidhi Srivastava, R. L. Sapra, G. D. Harish, Vanishree Girmilla

  490-496

• Tri-parental protoplast fusion of Brassica species to produce somatic hybrids with high genetic and phenotypic variability

  Yuji Lian, Guangzhe Lin, Qin Zheng

  497-505

• Association analysis for grain quality traits in rice

  Harendra Verma, K. Pathak, S. Rathi, R. N. Sarma

  506-509

• Popping quality attributes of popcorn hybrids in relation to weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) infestation

  Rajkumar Zunjare, Firoz Hossain, Vignesh Muthusamy, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradyumn Kumar, Javaji C. Sekhar, Satish K. Guleria, Narendra K. Singh, Nepolean Thirunavukkarasu, Hari S. Gupta

  510-513

• GGE biplot analysis for grain yield of single cross maize hybrids under stress and non-stress conditions

  P. H. Kuchanur, P. M. Salimath, M. C. Wali, Channayya Hiremath

  514-517

• Validation of molecular markers for stem rust resistance and identification of suitable wheat germplasm targeting Eastern Gangetic plains of India

  P. S. Yadav, V. K. Mishra, B. Arun, R. Chand, A. K. Joshi

  518-521

• Genetic divergence in landraces of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from the Nilgiris

  S. Priya, Franklin Charles Jose

  522-525

• Genetic kinship of tongkat langit banana (Musa troglodytarum L.) from Moluccas based on rbcL gene sequence

  Adriana Hiariej, Estri Laras Arumingtyas1, Wahyu Widoretno, Rodliyati Azrianingsih

  526-528

• Assessment of double haploid culture conditions in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

  Anjanabha Bhattacharya, Bhavesh Palan, Kishor Mali, Bharat Char

  529-531