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Table 3 The marker-assisted backcrossing in different crops

From: Recent advancements in molecular marker-assisted selection and applications in plant breeding programmes

Species

Trait

Gene/QTLs

Foreground selection

Background selection

Reference

Barley

Barley yellow dwarf virus

Yd2

STS

Not performed

[78]

Leaf rust

Rphq6

AFLP

AFLP

[79]

Stripe rust

QTLs on 4H and 5H

Not performed

Not performed

[80]

Yield

QTLs on 2H and 3HL

RFLP

RFLP

[81]

Maize

Corn borer resistance

QTLs on chromosome 7, 9 and 10

RFLP

RFLP

[82]

Earliness and yield

QTLs on chromosome 5, 8 and 10

RFLP

RFLP

[83]

Rice

Early blight

Xa21

STSa

RFLP

[84]

Early blight

Xa21

STSa

AFLP

[85]

Early blight

Xa5, xa13 and xa21

STS, CAPS

Not performed

[86]

Blast

Pi1

SSR

ISSRb

[87]

Deep roots

QTLs on chromosome 1, 2, 7, and 9

RFLP and SSR

SSR

[88]

Tolerance, disease, resistance, quality

Subchr9 QTL, Xa21, Bph and blast QTLs, and quality loci

SSR and STS

Not performed

[89]

Wheat

Powdery mildew

22 Pm genes

Phenotyping

AFLP

[90]