Association analysis of photoperiodic flowering time genes in west and central African sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bhosale, Sankalp U ^a   Stich, Benjamin ^b   Rattunde, H Frederick W ^c   Weltzien, Eva ^c   Haussmann, Bettina I G ^a,d   Hash, C Thomas ^d,e   Ramu, Punna ^e   Cuevas, Hugo E ^f,g   Paterson, Andrew H ^f   Melchinger, Albrecht E ^a   Parzies, Heiko K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT Bamako)   (Mali)

^d ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^e ICRISAT Patancheru ^*  (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g USDA ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

CRYPTOCHROME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLOWER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SORGHUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CRYPTOCHROMES; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SORGHUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857760579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-32     Document Type: Article

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