Shaping melons: Agronomic and genetic characterization of QTLs that modify melon fruit morphology

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 931-940

  Fernandez Silva, Iria ^a   Moreno, Eduard ^a   Essafi, Ali ^a   Fergany, Mohamed ^a   Garcia Mas, Jordi ^a   Martín Hernandez, Ana Montserrat ^a   Álvarez, Jose María ^b   Monforte, Antonio J ^a,c  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING PROGRAM; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; INBRED LINE; INTROGRESSION LINES; KEY FACTORS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECOMBINATION EVENTS; SUBSTITUTION MAPPING;

AGRONOMY; FRUITS; MORPHOLOGY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; CUCUMBER; FRUIT; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; CUCURBITACEAE; FRUIT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

CUCUMIS;

EID: 78649708490     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1361-2     Document Type: Article

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