QTL Influencing Kernel Chemical Composition and Seedling Stand Establishment in Sweet Corn with the shrunken2 and sugary enhancerl Endosperm Mutations

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 864-875

  Juvik, John A ^a   Yousef, Gad G ^a   Han, Tae Ho ^a   Tadmor, Yaacov ^b   Azanza, Fermin ^a   Tracy, William F ^c   Barzur, Avri ^b   Rocheford, Torbert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Marker assisted selection; RFLP; Seedling emergence; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242308793     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.6.0864     Document Type: Article

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