Genetic mapping of sulfur assimilation genes reveals a QTL for onion bulb pungency

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 815-822

  McCallum, John ^a   Pither Joyce, Meeghan ^a   Shaw, Martin ^a   Kenel, Fernand ^a   Davis, Sheree ^a   Butler, Ruth ^a   Scheffer, John ^a   Jakse, Jernej ^b   Havey, Michael J ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENZYME KINETICS; HEALTH CARE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GENETIC MAPPING; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR MARKERS; PYRUVIC ACID;

GENES;

PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFITE REDUCTASE (FERREDOXIN); SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODOR; ONION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; ODORS; ONIONS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFITE REDUCTASE (FERREDOXIN); SULFUR;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 33847400688     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-006-0479-8     Document Type: Article

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