Ken W. Richards

TL;DR: Findings indicate that allelic diversity at particular loci, rather than average genetic diversity, is sensitive to oat breeding practices and indicate the need for attention to be paid to Oat germplasm conservation.

TL;DR: The results clearly show the allelic reduction and genetic shift in the Canadian hard red spring wheat germplasm released over time, and more effort needs to be made to broaden the wheat breeding base and conserve wheat germ plasm.

TL;DR: Findings from genomic SSR markers suggest the Canadian wheat breeding programs have reduced genetic diversity in the hard red spring wheat, and illustrate the impact of theCanadian wheat breeding on the transcriptional segments of the wheat genome.

TL;DR: Sulfuric acid hydrolysis of steroidal glycosides of Amber fenugreek was studied by capillary gas chromatographic analysis of diosgenin and isomeric spirostadiene artifacts from 100 mg samples of seed material to reduce diene formation and eliminate these artifacts.

TL;DR: RAPDvariation was generally low and more variation was detected among, than within, the investigated flax accessions, and a trend was observed that the rate of loss in genetic variation in Canadian flax breeding programs over the last fifty years was approximately two variable loci per 100 lociper 10 years.