Chromosome painting to locate genes for drought resistance transferred from Festuca arundinacea into Lolium multiflorum

Heredity

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 530-534

  Humphreys, M W ^a   Pasakinskiene, I ^a,b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

chromosome 2; drought resistance; genomic in situ hybridization; introgression lines; Lolium Festuca

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0030475150     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.180     Document Type: Article

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