Quantitative trait loci for yield and correlated traits under high and low soil nitrogen conditions in tropical maize

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-29

  Ribaut, Jean Marcel ^a   Fracheboud, Yvan ^b   Monneveux, Philippe ^c   Banziger, Marianne ^a   Vargas, Mateo ^d   Jiang, Changjian ^e  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UMR Développement et Amélioration des Plantes   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

^e MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Low nitrogen tolerance; QTL mapping; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DROUGHT; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MAPPING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

'DRY' [; CONDITION; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; GRAIN YIELD; LOW NITROGEN TOLERANCE; NITROGEN TOLERANCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI MAPPINGS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SUMMER SEASON; ZEA MAYS L;

NITROGEN;

XENOX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34247591432     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-006-9041-2     Document Type: Article

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