Barley

Cloning and characterization of up-regulated HbSINA4 gene induced by drought stress in Tibetan hulless barley

H. J. Yuan, Luo, X. M., Nyima, T. S., Wang, Y. L., Xu, Q. J., and Zeng, X. Q., Cloning and characterization of up-regulated HbSINA4 gene induced by drought stress in Tibetan hulless barley, vol. 14. pp. 15312-15319, 2015.

Hulless barley is an important crop cereal in Tibetan, China. Drought is a major abiotic stress in barley production. In this study, we cloned the drought-related HbSINA4 gene from the variety ‘Himalaya 10’ and analyzed its expression patterns under different drought and rehydration conditions. The cDNA of HbSINA4 was 1052 bp long, including an open reading frame of 771 bp that encoded a protein of 256 amino acids. The molecular weight of HbSINA4 protein was predicted to be 29.53 kDa and the theoretical pI was 8.32.

Expression and genomic integration of transgenes after Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of mature barley embryos

C. Uçarlı, Tufan, F., and Gurel, F., Expression and genomic integration of transgenes after Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of mature barley embryos, vol. 14, pp. 1096-1105, 2015.

Mature embryos in tissue cultures are advantageous because of their abundance and rapid germination, which reduces genomic instability problems. In this study, 2-day-old isolated mature barley embryos were infected with 2 Agrobacterium hypervirulent strains (AGL1 and EHA105), followed by a 3-day period of co-cultivation in the presence of L-cystein amino acid.

Genetic relationship between lodging and lodging components in barley (Hordeum vulgare) based on unconditional and conditional quantitative trait locus analyses

W. Y. Chen, Liu, Z. M., Deng, G. B., Pan, Z. F., Liang, J. J., Zeng, X. Q., Tashi, N. M., Long, H., and Yu, M. Q., Genetic relationship between lodging and lodging components in barley (Hordeum vulgare) based on unconditional and conditional quantitative trait locus analyses, vol. 13, pp. 1909-1925, 2014.

Lodging (LD) is a major constraint limiting the yield and forage quality of barley. Detailed analyses of LD component (LDC) traits were conducted using 246 F2 plants generated from a cross between cultivars ZQ320 and 1277. Genetic relationships between LD and LDC were evaluated by unconditional and conditional quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping with 117 simple sequence repeat markers. Ultimately, 53 unconditional QTL related to LD were identified on seven barley chromosomes.

Expressed sequence tag-PCR markers for identification of alien barley chromosome 2H in wheat

M. J. Wang, Zou, H. D., Lin, Z. S., Wu, Y., Chen, X., and Yuan, Y. P., Expressed sequence tag-PCR markers for identification of alien barley chromosome 2H in wheat, vol. 11, pp. 3452-3463, 2012.

We developed EST-PCR markers specific to barley chromosome 2H, for the purpose of effectively tracing alien chromosomes or chromosome parts in the wheat genetic background. The target alien chromosome 2H confers high resistance to pre-harvest sprouting, which is a worldwide natural disaster in wheat. A total of 120 primer pairs were selected by combining the wheat group 2 chromosomes of the EST database and the genome sequences of the new model plant Brachypodium distachyon.

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