Polymorphisms in monolignol biosynthetic genes are associated with biomass yield and agronomic traits in European maize (Zea mays L.)

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Yongsheng ^a   Zein, Imad ^b   Brenner, Everton A ^a   Andersen, Jeppe R ^c   Landbeck, Mathias ^d   Ouzunova, Milena ^d   Lübberstedt, Thomas ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d KWS SAAT SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

LIGNIN; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CROP; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; LIGNIN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77649286745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-12     Document Type: Article

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