Genetic analysis and QTL mapping of maize yield and associate agronomic traits under semi-arid land condition

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1829-1838

  Guo, Jiufeng ^a,c   Su, Guoqin ^c   Zhang, Jinpeng ^a   Wang, Guoying ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c Inner Mongolia Acad of Agric Sci   (China)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; Genetic mapping; Maize; SSR

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; DROUGHT STRESS; FLOWERING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT HEIGHT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 46349099235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2008.000-5031     Document Type: Article

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