Pocket K No. 19 on Molecular Breeding and Marker Assisted Selection is now available online on the website of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications - Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology. It discusses the techniques behind marker assisted selection (MAS), how MAS can lead to new crop varieties, and the various methods used by scientists involved in MAS.

INTRODUCTION

The process of developing new crop varieties can take almost 25 years. Now, however, biotechnology has considerably shortened the time to 7-10 years for new crop varieties to be brought to the market. One of the tools which can make it easier and faster for scientists to select plant traits is marker-assisted selection (MAS).

Complete document in PDF format (large file):
http://www.isaaa.org/kc/Publications/pdfs/pocketks/Pocket%20K19%20(English).pdf

Pocket Ks are Pockets of Knowledge, packages of information on crop biotechnology products and related issues. They are produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications. Eighteen other topics are all available at http://www.isaaa.org/kc.