Detection of epistasis and estimation of additive and dominance components of genetic variation for drought tolerance in durum wheat

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 598-603

  Farshadfar, E ^a   Mahjouri, S ^a   Aghaee, M ^b  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SEED AND PLANT IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Durum wheat; Gene action; Triple test cross analysis

Indexed keywords

PROLINE; RAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAIN YIELD; IRAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; WATER STRESS; WHEAT;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 59249097779     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.598.603     Document Type: Article

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