%0 Journal Article
%A Rajaram, V
%A Nepolean, T
%A Senthilvel, S
%A Varshney, R K
%A Vadez, V
%A Srivastava, R K
%A Shah, T M
%A Supriya, A
%A Kumar, S
%A Kumari, B R
%A Bhanuprakash, A
%A Narasu, M L
%A Riera-Lizarazu, O
%A Hash, C T
%D 2013
%F icrisat:6653
%I BioMed Central
%J BMC Genomics
%K EST-SSR markers, EST, Linkage map, Consensus map, Drought stress, Pearl millet, Synteny
%N 159
%P 1-15
%T Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] consensus linkage map constructed using four RIL mapping populations and newly developed EST-SSRs
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/6653/
%V 14
%X Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is a widely cultivated drought- and high-temperature tolerant C4 cereal grown under dryland, rainfed and irrigated conditions in drought-prone regions of the tropics and sub-tropics of Africa, South Asia and the Americas. It is considered an orphan crop with relatively few genomic and genetic resources. This study was undertaken to increase the EST-based microsatellite marker and genetic resources for this crop to facilitate marker-assisted breeding.