Dissection of the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite maize hybrid by QTL mapping in an immortalized F2 population

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-340

  Tang, Jihua ^a   Yan, Jianbing ^a,b   Ma, Xiqing ^a   Teng, Wentao ^a   Wu, Weiren ^c   Dai, Jingrui ^a   Dhillon, Baldev S ^d   Melchinger, Albrecht E ^d   Li, Jiansheng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGENIC INTERACTIONS; GENETIC BASIS; GRAIN YIELD; KERNEL WEIGHT; MAIZE HYBRIDS; MID-PARENT HETEROSIS; MOLECULAR MARKER; QTL MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC MARKERS; HYBRID VIGOR; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LINKAGE (GENETICS); QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 75849154011     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1213-0     Document Type: Article

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