Muhammad. Ashfaq

Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Publications

• Research Article   
  Genomewide Association Study (GWAS) for agronomic traits in Pakistani rice germplasm using 10K SNP data
  Author(s): Muhammad Jamil, Muhammad. Ashfaq*, Qurban Ali, Muhammad Ali and Adnan Shakir
  
  Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a critical global staple, essential for food security, especially in Asia. With increasing population pressure and environmental constraints, enhancing yield and agronomic performance through advanced breeding strategies is imperative. This study aimed to assess genetic diversity, identify genomic regions associated with yield-related traits in rice germplasm to facilitate marker-assisted selection and hybrid breeding. A panel of 101 diverse rice genotypes was evaluated over two growing seasons for 11 morphological and yield-related traits, including Association mapping using 10K SNP array identified 129 Marker-Trait Associations (MTAs) across the rice genome, with Phenotypic Variance Explained (PVE) ranging from 6.08% to 27.15%. Several pleiotropic loci influencing multiple traits were detected, such as RM5951 on chromosome 4 linked to plant height, 1.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20411030

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