Marker assisted introgression of opaque2 gene into herbicide resistant elite maize inbred lines

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2417-2422

  Danson, Jedidah W ^a,b   Mbogori, Mercy ^a,b   Kimani, Michael ^a,b   Lagat, Martin ^b   Kuria, Alex ^b   Diallo, Alpha ^a  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

FTA technology; Marker assisted selection (MAS); Opaque2 modifiers; Quality protein maize (QPM); SSR markers

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE; INBRED STRAIN; INTROGRESSION; MAIZE; MARKER ASSISTED BREEDING; NONHUMAN; OPAQUE2 GENE; PHENOTYPE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846267649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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