Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis of carotenoid content in Citrus fruit

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-144

  Sugiyama, Aiko ^a   Omura, Mitsuo ^b   Matsumoto, Hikaru ^c   Shimada, Takehiko ^c   Fujii, Hiroshi ^c   Endo, Tomoko ^c   Shimizu, Tokurou ^c   Nesumi, Hirohisa ^c   Ikoma, Yoshinori ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Interval mapping; Kruskal Wallis analysis; QTL analysis; Segregation

Indexed keywords

CITRUS;

EID: 79955494874     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: 1882336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.80.136     Document Type: Article

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