%K EST-SSR markers, EST, Linkage map, Consensus map, Drought stress, Pearl millet, Synteny
%A V Rajaram
%A T Nepolean
%A S Senthilvel
%A R K Varshney
%A V Vadez
%A R K Srivastava
%A T M Shah
%A A Supriya
%A S Kumar
%A B R Kumari
%A A Bhanuprakash
%A M L Narasu
%A O Riera-Lizarazu
%A C T Hash
%I BioMed Central
%V 14
%L icrisat6653
%J BMC Genomics
%N 159
%P 1-15
%D 2013
%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.
%T Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] consensus linkage map constructed using four RIL mapping populations and newly developed EST-SSRs