Using «marker assisted breeding» that tracks the signature of water - efficiency genes, he has been able to accelerate the breeding of new drought tolerant chickpea varieties. (cosmosmagazine.com)
The use of genetic engineering, instead of marker assisted selection, in the development of Golden Rice is being criticized. (irri.org)
Furthermore, Arvind successfully implemented marker assisted introgression and pyramiding of QTLs for grain yield under drought at IRRI. (irri.org)