QTL mapping in three tropical maize populations reveals a set of constitutive and adaptive genomic regions for drought tolerance

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 583-600

  Almeida, Gustavo Dias ^a,b   Makumbi, Dan ^c   Magorokosho, Cosmos ^d   Nair, Sudha ^b   Borém, Aluízio ^a   Ribaut, Jean Marcel ^e   Bänziger, Marianne ^b   Prasanna, Boddupalli M ^c   Crossa, Jose ^b   Babu, Raman ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

^e Generation Challenge Programme   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TROPICS;

CONVENTIONAL BREEDING; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; GENOMIC REGIONS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT ASSAYS; PHENOTYPIC VARIANCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

DROUGHT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84874315204     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-2003-7     Document Type: Article

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