Transgressive segregation for phenological traits in barley explained by two major QTL alleles with additivity

Plant Breeding

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-568

  Castro, A J ^a   Hayes, P ^b   Viega, L ^a   Vales, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley; Flowering time; Phenology; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM;

EID: 56849096254     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2008.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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