Marker-assisted optimization of an expert-based strategy for the acquisition of modern lettuce varieties to improve a genebank collection

• Published in: Genetic resources and crop evolution Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 319 - 330
• Main Authors: van Treuren, R., van Hintum, Th. J. L., van de Wiel, C. C. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: accessions; aflps; Agriculture; Assessments; Biomedical and Life Sciences; bremia-lactucae; Collection; construction; Experts; Genetic diversity; Genetic resources; genetic-variation; Life Sciences; Microsatellites; New varieties; Optimization; Plant breeding; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Protocol; rapd; Research Article; resistance; tomato; PGR management; Lettuce; Genetic diversity; Collection composition; Microsatellites; Plant breeding

To regularly improve the composition of the lettuce collection of the Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN) with modern varieties, feedback from crop experts is used to select approximately 10% of the new material for incorporation in the collection. In the present study, assessments o...