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Septiningsih EM, Sanchez DL, Singh N, Sendon PMD, Pamplona AM, Heuer S and Mackill DJ (2012). Identifying novel QTLs for submergence tolerance in rice cultivars IR72 and Madabaru. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 124(5):867–874. (DOI 10.1007/s00122-011-1751-0). Not open access: view abstract

Mir R, Zaman-Allah M, Sreenivasulu N, Trethowan R, Varshney R (2012). Integrated genomics, physiology and breeding approaches for improving drought tolerance in crops. Theoretical and Applied Genetics published online 21pp. Issn: 0040-5752. (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1904-9).

Hiremath PJ, Kumar A, Penmetsa RV, Farmer A, Schlueter JA, Chamarthi SK, Whaley AM, Carrasquilla-Garcia N, Gaur PM, Upadhyaya HD, Kavi Kishor PB, Shah TM, Cook DR and Varshney RK (2012). Large-scale development of cost-effective SNP marker assays for diversity assessment and genetic mapping in chickpea and comparative mapping in legumes. Plant Biotechnology Journal published online: 17pp. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00710.x)

Pottorff M, Ehlers JD, Fatokun C, Roberts PA, and Close TJ (2012). Leaf morphology in Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp]: QTL analysis, physical mapping and identifying a candidate gene using synteny with model legume species. BMC Genomics 13:234. (DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-13-234). (G6010.02/G7010.07.01).

Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] exhibits a considerable variation in leaf shape. Although cowpea is mostly utilized as a dry grain and animal fodder crop, cowpea leaves are also used as a high-protein pot herb in many countries of Africa.

This study has demonstrated how integrated genomic resources can be utilized for a candidate gene approach. Identification of genes which control leaf morphology may be utilized to improve the quality of cowpea leaves for vegetable and or forage markets as well as contribute to more fundamental research understanding the control of leaf shape in legumes.

Belko N, Zaman-Allah M, Cisse N, Diop NN, Zombre G, Ehlers JD and Vadez (2012). Lower soil moisture threshold for transpiration decline under water deficit correlates with lower canopy conductance and higher transpiration efficiency in drought-tolerant cowpea. Functional Plant Biology 39(4):306–322. (DOI: 10.1071/FP11282). (G4009.07.04). Not open access: view abstract

Ligaba A, Maron LG, Shaff JE, Kochian LV, Piñeros MA (2012). Maize ZmALMT2 is a root anion transporter that mediates constitutive root malate efflux. Plant, Cell & Environment 35(7):1185–1200. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02479.x). Not open access: view abstract

Li S-P, Chang X-P, Wang C-S and Jing R-L (2012). Mapping QTLs for seedling traits and heat tolerance indices in common wheat. Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica 32(8):1525–1533. Article in Chinese with abstract in English. Not open access; view journal website. (G7010.02.01)

Lucas MR, Ehlers JD, Huynh BL, Diop NN, Roberts PA, and Close TJ (2012). Markers for breeding heat-tolerant cowpea. Molecular Breeding published online 13 November 2012. Also printed in 2013. (DOI: 10.1007/s11032-012-9810-z.) (G6010.02/G7010.07.01). Not open access: view online

Lucas MR, Ehlers JD, Roberts PA, Close TJ (2012). Markers for quantitative inheritance of resistance to foliar thrips in cowpea. Crop Science 52(5):2075–2081. (DOI:10.2135/cropsci2011.12.0684). (G6010.02/G7010.07.01). Not open access: view abstract