Marker-assisted selection to improve drought adaptation in maize: The backcross approach, perspectives, limitations, and alternatives

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 351-360

  Ribaut, Jean Marcel ^a   Ragot, Michel ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b Syngenta Seeds SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Backcross; Drought; Marker assisted selection; Recurrent selection; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESSES; BACKCROSS; MARKER ASSISTED SELECTION; RECURRENT SELECTION;

DROUGHT; GENES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CROPS;

WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS BREEDING; DISASTER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM;

CROSSES, GENETIC; DISASTERS; GENETIC MARKERS; SELECTION, GENETIC; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

DROUGHT; FARM CROPS; GENES; GRAIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846796289     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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