Inheritance of Flowering Time in Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) and Analysis of Linked Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 404-410

  Campoy, J Antonio ^a   Ruiz, David ^a   Egea, J ^a   Rees, David Jasper G ^b,c   Celton, Jean Marc ^b   Martínez Gómez, Pedro ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apricot; Dormancy; Flowering time; Marker assisted selection; Microsatellites; QTL

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 79953026828     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-010-0242-9     Document Type: Article

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