QTL studies reveal little relevance of chilling-related seedling traits for yield in maize

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 555-562

  Leipner, Jörg ^a   Jompuk, Choosak ^a,c   Camp, Karl Heinz ^b   Stamp, Peter ^a   Fracheboud, Yvan ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Delley Samen und Pflanzen AG (DSP)   (Switzerland)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTING; SEED;

GENOMIC REGIONS; GROWTH RETARDATION; MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS;

CROPS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COLD; CROSS BREEDING; FLOWERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT CHROMOSOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEEDLING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; COLD; CROSSES, GENETIC; FLOWERING TOPS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDLING; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39949083760     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-007-0690-2     Document Type: Article

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