Progress and prospects of marker assisted backcrossing as a tool in crop breeding programs

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 2588-2603

  Semagn, K ^a   Bjornstad a ^b   Ndjiondjop, M N ^a  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Conventional breeding; Gene introgression; Marker assisted selection; Molecular breeding; Molecular markers

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849111567     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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