Relationships between water-use traits and photosynthesis in Brassica oleracea resolved by quantitative genetic analysis

Plant Breeding

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 557-564

  Hall, N M ^a,b   Griffiths, H ^c   Corlett, J A ^b   Jones, H G ^d   Lynn, J ^b   King, G J ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Carbon isotope discrimination; Gas exchange; Photosynthesis; Quantitative trait loci; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 28444462552     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2005.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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