About the Authors
- Humira Sonah
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Contributed equally to this work with: Humira Sonah, Rupesh K. Deshmukh
Affiliation National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
- Rupesh K. Deshmukh
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Contributed equally to this work with: Humira Sonah, Rupesh K. Deshmukh
Affiliations National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra, India
- Anshul Sharma
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Affiliation National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
- Vinay P. Singh
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Affiliation National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
- Deepak K. Gupta
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Affiliation National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
- Raju N. Gacche
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Affiliation Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra, India
- Jai C. Rana
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Affiliation National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Shimla (HP), India
- Nagendra K. Singh
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Affiliation National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
- Tilak R. Sharma
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* E-mail: trsharma@nrcpb.org
Affiliation National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Wrote the paper: TRS. Compiled first draft of the MS: HS RKD. Designed the project: TRS. Provided input in designing the project: NKS RNG. Designed the SSR marker development pipeline using Perl Scripts and core primer3 software: HS RKD. Developed local database to categorized markers in genic and intergenic: HS RKD. Conducted comparative analysis, mined SSR, designed primers: HS RKD. Validated markers in wet lab experiments: HS RKD AS. Involved in database development: VPS DKG. Maintained and provided the seeds of all Brachypodium genotypes for validation of markers: JCR.