Yield-related QTLs and Their Applications in Rice Genetic Improvement

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 300-311

  Bai, Xufeng ^a   Wu, Bi ^a   Xing, Yongzhong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Favorable alleles; Functional markers; Grain yield; Mapping population; Near isogenic lines (NILs)

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CEREAL; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; RICE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SHUFFLING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RICE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA SHUFFLING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; ORYZA SATIVA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ZIZANIA;

EID: 84862076106     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2012.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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