Due to their usefulness in characterizing and manipulating genetic factors responsible for qualitative as well as quantitative traits,molecularmarkersareconsideredto be valuable tools for crop improvement. Theseusesofmolecularmarkershavebeen invaluable in helping researchers understand complex traits, dissect them into singleMendeliangeneticfactors,andestablishtheirchromosomallocationsviatheuse oflinkagemapsand/orcytogeneticstocks. Availability of well characterized genetic linkage maps is a prerequisite for tagging important agronomic or other traits with molecular markers, enabling their use in MAS related activities. To date, however, few practical applications have been published from these studies. .
