“…For example, dormancy QTLs are distributed over all five chromosomes (chr) in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) ( Van der Schaar et al, 1997;Alonso-Blanco et al, 2003;Clerkx et al, 2004) and 11 of the 12 chr in cultivated (Oryza sativa) (Wan et al, 1997;Lin et al, 1998;Dong et al, 2002;Miura et al, 2002), wild (O. rufipogon) (Cai and Morishima, 2000;Thomson et al, 2003), and weedy (O. sativa) (Gu et al, 2004) rice. Dormancy QTLs in barley (Oberthur et al, 1995;Li et al, 2003;Prada et al, 2004), sorghum (Lijavetzky et al, 2000), and wheat (Anderson et al, 1993;Kato et al, 2001;Mares and Mrva, 2001;Groos et al, 2002;Osa et al, 2003;Kulwal et al, 2004) have been identified to seek gene resources to impart resistance to preharvest sprouting (PHS) and to manipulate germination programs in the malting process. Additional research has been aimed at isolation of individual dormancy alleles from donor parents to determine gene effects, interactions with environmental factors, and breeding potential.…”