Identification of quantitative trait loci influencing foliar concentrations of terpenes and formylated phloroglucinol compounds in Eucalyptus nitens

New Phytologist

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-95

  Henery, Martin L ^a   Moran, Gavin F ^a   Wallis, Ian R ^a   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Formylated phloroglucinol compounds (FPCs); Genetic mapping; Monoterpenes; Quantitative trait loci (QTL); Sesquiterpenes

Indexed keywords

PHLOROGLUCINOL; TERPENE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVERGREEN TREE; GENETIC VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEAF; MAPPING METHOD; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; EUCALYPTUS; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EUCALYPTUS; GENES, PLANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TERPENES;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 34548441733     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02159.x     Document Type: Article

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