Advanced backcross QTL analysis of tomato. II. Evaluation of near-isogenic lines carrying single-donor introgressions for desirable wild QTL-alleles derived from Lycopersicon hirsutum and L. pimpinellifolium

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 170-180

  Bernacchi, D ^a   Beck Bunn, T ^b   Emmatty, D ^c   Eshed, Y ^d   Inai, S ^e   Lopez, J ^f   Petiard, V ^f   Sayama, H ^e   Uhlig, J ^b   Zamir, D ^d   Tanksley, S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Seminis Vegetable Seeds   (United States)

^c Heinz USA   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e Nippon del Monte R and D   (Japan)

^f NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Germplasm; Molecular breeding; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSSING; INTROGRESSION; NEAR ISOGENIC LINE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TOMATO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HIRSUTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON HIRSUTUM; LYCOPERSICON PIMPINELLIFOLIUM;

EID: 7344228472     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050882     Document Type: Article

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