Frequency of photoperiod-insensitive Ppd-A1a alleles in tetraploid, hexaploid and synthetic hexaploid wheat germplasm

Plant Breeding

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-15

  Bentley, A R ^a   Turner, A S ^b   Gosman, N ^a   Leigh, F J ^a   Maccaferri, M ^c   Dreisigacker, S ^d   Greenland, A ^a   Laurie, D A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Adaptation; Durum wheat; Flowering; Hexaploid wheat; Photoperiod insensitivity; Synthetic hexaploid wheat

Indexed keywords

AEGILOPS TAUSCHII; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 79251482194     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2010.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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