Quantitative trait loci analysis reveals a correlation between the ratio of sucrose/raffinose family oligosaccharides and seed vigour in Medicago truncatula

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1473-1487

  Vandecasteele, Céline ^a   Teulat Merah, Béatrice ^b   Morère Le Paven, Marie Christine ^c   Leprince, Olivier ^b   Ly Vu, Benoit ^b   Viau, Laure ^c   Ledroit, Lydie ^a   Pelletier, Sandra ^a   Payet, Nicole ^a   Satour, Pascale ^c   Lebras, Camille ^b   Gallardo, Karine ^d   Huguet, Thierry ^e   Limami, Anis M ^c   Prosperi, Jean Marie ^d   Buitink, Julia ^a  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Drought; Genetic variation; Germination; Nutrients nitrogen; Seedling; Storage carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RAFFINOSE; SUCROSE;

CARBOHYDRATE; CORRELATION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; LEGUME; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUGAR; VIGOR;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; DROUGHT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROUGHTS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; HYPOCOTYL; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NITROGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RAFFINOSE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SUCROSE;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 80051581612     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02346.x     Document Type: Article

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