Quantitative trait loci for early maturity and their potential in breeding for earliness in Brassica juncea

Euphytica

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 101-111

  Mahmood, Tariq ^a,b   Rahman, Muhammad H ^a   Stringam, Gary R ^a   Yeh, Francis ^a   Good, Allen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica juncea; Flowering period; Flowering time; Indirect selection; Marker assisted selection; Maturity; Plant height; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA;

EID: 33847295304     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-006-9276-3     Document Type: Article

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