Identification and mapping of new sources of resistance to AFL atoxin accumulation in maize

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1403-1408

  Warburton, Marilyn L ^a   Brooks, Thomas D ^b   Krakowsky, Matthew D ^c   Shan, Xueyan ^d   Windham, Gary L ^a   Williams, W Paul ^a  

^a USDA ARS Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit   (United States)

^b West Gaines Seed and Delinting Inc   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CIM; Composite interval mapping; G E; Genotype environment; MAB; Marker assisted backcrossing; Maximum likelihood; ML; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; QTL; Quantitative trait loci; Simple sequence repeat; SSR

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67849103764     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.12.0696     Document Type: Article

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