Epistasis plays an important role as genetic basis of heterosis in rice

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-302

  Yu, Sibin ^a   Li, Jianxiong ^a   Xu, Caiguo ^a   Tan, Yifang ^a   Gao, Youjun ^a   Li, Xianghua ^a   Zhang, Qifa ^a   Maroof, M A Saghai ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid rice; Interaction between loci; Molecular marker; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542422247     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02895105     Document Type: Article

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