Genetic analysis of drought tolerance in maize by molecular markers. II. Plant height and flowering

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 289-295

  Sari Gorla, M ^a   Villa, M ^a   Frova, C ^a   Krajewski, P ^b   Di Fonzo, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS   (Poland)

^c Exp Institute for Cereal Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drought Molecular markers; Flowering; Linkage analysis; Maize; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FLOWERING; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; INBRED LINE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT HEIGHT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0345240931     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051234     Document Type: Article

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