Genetic Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Cucurbits

Plant Breeding Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue , 2010, Pages 213-244

  Wang, Yi Hong ^a   Dean, Ralph A ^b   Joobeur, Tarek ^b  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classic genetic maps and molecular genetic maps; Cucurbitaceae (cucurbits or gourd family) 118 genera and 825 species in tropical and subtropical regions of the world; Gene tagging disease resistance and horticultural traits; Genetic mapping and molecular breeding in cucurbits; Horticultural traits, controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTLs); Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) and gene cloning; Molecular breeding and marker conversion; New marker technologies, AFLP and SSR facilitating cucurbit mapping; QTL mapping cucumber, melon, watermelon and squash; Squash, genetic mapping lagging behind that in other cucurbits

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049144268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470650349.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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