Fine-mapping of qRL6.1, a major QTL for root length of rice seedlings grown under a wide range of NH4+ concentrations in hydroponic conditions

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 535-547

  Obara, Mitsuhiro ^a,b   Tamura, Wataru ^c   Ebitani, Takeshi ^d   Yano, Masahiro ^e   Sato, Tadashi ^c   Yamaya, Tomoyuki ^c  

^a IWATE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Toyama Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREAL CROP; CHROMOSOMAL REGIONS; CHROMOSOME SEGMENT SUBSTITUTION LINES; GENETIC EFFECTS; GENOMIC REGIONS; GRAIN YIELD; GROWTH CONDITIONS; HYDROPONIC CULTURE; JAPONICA VARIETIES; KOSHIHIKARI; MOLECULAR BREEDING; NEAR-ISOGENIC LINES; NITROGEN SOURCES; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RICE SEEDLINGS; RICE YIELD; ROOT ELONGATION; ROOT LENGTH; ROOT SYSTEM;

GENES; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

ROOT LOCI;

JAPONICA;

AMMONIA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPONICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RICE; SEEDLING;

AMMONIA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC MARKERS; HYDROPONICS; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDLING;

EID: 77957742556     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1328-3     Document Type: Article

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