Breeding for Bio-ethanol Production in Lolium perenne L.: Association of Allelic Variation with High Water-Soluble Carbohydrate Content

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-157

  Farrar, Kerrie ^a   Bryant, David N ^a   Turner, Lesley ^a   Gallagher, Joe A ^a   Thomas, Ann ^a   Farrell, Markku ^a   Humphreys, Mervyn O ^a   Donnison, Iain S ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Invertase1:4 (LpsaINV1:4); Marker assisted selection (MAS); Phenomics; Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs); Single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP)

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL POLYMORPHISMS; INVERTASE1:4 (LPSAINV1:4); MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION; PHENOMICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS;

DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGARS;

BIOETHANOL;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 84857627390     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-011-9156-0     Document Type: Article

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