Gene actions of QTLs affecting several agronomic traits resolved in a recombinant inbred rice population and two testcross populations

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-101

  Mei, H W ^a,b,c   Luo, L J ^a,b,c   Ying, C S ^b   Wang, Y P ^b   Yu, X Q ^a,b   Guo, L B ^b   Paterson, A H ^d,e   Li, Z K ^d,f  

^a Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Additivity; Epistasis; Heterosis; Oryza sativa L.; Overdominance

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CULTIVATION;

TESTCROSS POPULATIONS;

GENES;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0037813063     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-003-1192-5     Document Type: Article

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