QTL mapping of maize (Zea mays) stay-green traits and their relationship to yield

Plant Breeding

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-62

  Zheng, H J ^a,b   Wu, A Z ^a   Zheng, C C ^c   Wang, Y F ^b   Cai, R ^a   Shen, X F ^b   Xu, R R ^c   Liu, P ^c   Kong, L J ^c   Dong, S T ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

^c SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic linkage map; Quantitative trait locus; Simple sequence repeat; Stay green trait; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58849094503     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2008.01529.x     Document Type: Article

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