Quantitative trait loci and crop performance under abiotic stress: Where do we stand?

Plant Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 469-486

  Collins, Nicholas C ^a   Tardieu, François ^b   Tuberosa, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROP; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 48549088204     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.118117     Document Type: Review

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