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Tag Archives: linseed
Biodiversity in Ethiopian linseed: molecular characterization of landraces
342. Mhiret WN, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2018. Biodiversity in Ethiopian linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.): molecular characterization of landraces and some wild species. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 65: 1603–1614. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-018-0636-3 or author version: Linseed Linum Ethiopia Molecular Diversity Worku Mhiret GRACE 2018 Author … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Species
Tagged Altitude, biodiversity, breeding, collections, diversity, Ethiopia, flax, genetic resources, germplasm, IRAPs, ISSR, L. bienne, L. usitatissimum, landraces, linseed, phylogenetics, Region, retroelements, selection, SSRs
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Diversity and characters in Ethiopian linseed Linum #PAGXXIII Negash Worku
Many people have talked about Orphan crops – those where there has been little genetic or other research – and the characterization, evaluation and exploitation of germplasm at the #PAGXXIII Plant and Animal Genome Conference this week. Today, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, cytogenetics, Environment, Farming, News, Research
Tagged Africa, biodiversity, botany, breeding, domestication, Ethiopia, farming, flax, genetics, genomics, IRAP, IRAPs, linseed, Linum, markers, molecular diversity, plants, retrotransposons, seeds, transposons
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Diversity in Ethiopian linseed (Linum usitatissimum): morphology and seed oil
311. Worku N, Heslop-Harrison JS, Wakjira A. 2015. Diversity in 198 Ethiopian linseed (Linum usitatissimum) accessions based on morphological characterization and seed oil characteristics. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (GRACE) 62: 1037–1053. doi:10.1007/s10722-014-0207-1 (on-line 20 Jan 2015). And Worku: Linum / Linseed … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged Africa, conjoined, crops, earliness, Ethiopia, fibre, flax, flowers, genetic resources, genetics, landraces, linseed, Linum, morphology, resources, ripening, seeds, twins
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Dr Ijaz Rasool Noorka – Collaborator from University of Sargodha, Pakistan and Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Ijaz Rasool Noorka has broad interests in the development of productive and sustainable agriculture for Pakistan and developing countries. His interests complement those of the Molecular Cytogenetics Group, and have enabled us to extend our consideration of the outcomes … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborators, Sustainability
Tagged agriculture, breeding, chromosomes, crops, cytogenetics, Faisalabad, food, food security, hybrids, linseed, pakistan, plants, water, wheat
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