Exploring the Natural Variation for Seedling Traits and Their Link with Seed Dimensions in Tomato

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Khan, Noorullah ^a   Kazmi, Rashid H ^a   Willems, Leo A J ^a   van Heusden, Adriaan W ^a   Ligterink, Wilco ^a   Hilhorst, Henk W M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEED QUALITY; SEED SIZE; SEED WEIGHT; SEEDLING; SHOOT; TOMATO;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; INBREEDING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PIMPINELLIFOLIUM;

EID: 84865576669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043991     Document Type: Article

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