QTL analysis for yield components and kernel-related traits in maize across multi-environments

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1305-1320

  Peng, Bo ^d   Li, Yongxiang ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Liu, Cheng ^b   Liu, Zhizhai ^c   Tan, Weiwei ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Wang, Di ^a   Shi, Yunsu ^a   Sun, Baocheng ^b   Song, Yanchun ^a   Wang, Tianyu ^a   Li, Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Tianjin Crops Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMAL REGIONS; HIGH STABILITY; INBRED LINE; JOINT ANALYSIS; MAIZE BREEDING; MAP-BASED CLONING; MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION; MULTI-ENVIRONMENTS; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; QTL ANALYSIS; QTL MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; XINJIANG; YIELD COMPONENTS;

CHROMOSOMES; CLONING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MAPPING;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHINA; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT SEED; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

BREEDING; CHINA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENVIRONMENT; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958729038     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1532-9     Document Type: Article

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