Introgression of an intermediate VRNH1 allele in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leads to reduced vernalization requirement without affecting freezing tolerance

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-484

  Casao, M Cristina ^a   Igartua, Ernesto ^a   Karsai, Ildiko ^b   Bhat, Prasanna R ^c   Cuadrado, Noelia ^a   Gracia, M Pilar ^a   Lasa, José M ^a   Casas, Ana M ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley; Marker assisted selection; Near isogenic lines; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEMPERATURE;

BARLEY; FREEZING TOLERANCE; FROST TOLERANCE; HORDEUM VULGARE L; INTROGRESSED; LOW TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION; NEAR ISOGENIC LINES; VERNALIZATION; VERNALIZATION REQUIREMENT;

GENES;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 79958693883     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-010-9497-y     Document Type: Article

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