Quantitative trait loci for soil-penetrating ability of roots in durum wheat

Plant Breeding

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-378

  Kubo, K ^a   Elouafi, I ^b   Watanabe, N ^c   Nachit, M M ^d   Inagaki, M N ^d   Iwama, K ^e   Jitsuyama, Y ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CROP SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; QTL; Root penetration ability; Soil compaction; Triticum turgidum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 34447525234     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2007.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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