Identification of QTLs associated with seedling root traits and their correlation with plant height in wheat

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1745-1753

  Bai, Caihong ^a,b   Liang, Yinli ^a   Hawkesford, Malcolm J ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doubled haploid population; plant height; QTLs; Rht; roots; wheat.

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEEDLING; WHEAT;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; LOD SCORE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84876065644     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert041     Document Type: Article

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