Genetic dissection of fruit quality traits in the octoploid cultivated strawberry highlights the role of homoeo-QTL in their control

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1059-1077

  Lerceteau Kohler E ^a,c   Moing, A ^b   Guerin G ^b   Renaud, C ^b   Petit, A ^a   Rothan, C ^b   Denoyes, Béatrice ^b  

^a CIREF   (France)

^b Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); QUALITY CONTROL; TEXTURES;

ACID CONTENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT QUALITY; FRUIT SPECIES; GENETIC DISSECTION; LINKAGE GROUPS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

FRUITS;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; ROSACEAE;

ANTHOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANTHOCYANINS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84863791056     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1769-3     Document Type: Article

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