Rients E. Niks

TL;DR: The results indicate that association mapping approaches can be a viable alternative to classical QTL approaches based on crosses between inbred lines, especially for complex traits with costly measurements.

TL;DR: A high-density consensus SSR map of barley provides barley molecular breeding programmes with a better choice regarding the quality of markers and a higher probability of polymorphic markers in an important chromosomal interval and offers the possibilities of thorough alignment for the (future) physical map and implementation in haplotype diversity studies of barley.

TL;DR: In this article, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for partial resistance to leaf rust were mapped using the Multiple Interval Mapping (MIM) method with the putative QTL markers as cofactors.

TL;DR: Several cases of apparently durable resistance are discussed that are based on failure of haustorium formation, and are not associated with hypersensitivity, that may represent cases where the pathogen has problems in establishing basic compatibility.

TL;DR: A consensus map of barley was constructed based on three reference doubled haploid (DH) populations and three recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations using several sets of microsatellites used as bridge markers in the integration of those populations previously genotyped with RFLP or with AFLP markers.