Identification of quantitative trait loci contributing to yield and seed quality parameters under terminal drought in barley advanced backcross lines

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-90

  Kalladan, Rajesh ^a   Worch, Sebastian ^a   Rolletschek, Hardy ^a   Harshavardhan, Vokkaliga T ^a   Kuntze, Lissy ^b   Seiler, Christiane ^a   Sreenivasulu, Nese ^a   Röder, Marion S ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b Nordsaat Saatzucht GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AB QTL analysis; Advanced backcross lines; Barley; C N ratio; Terminal drought; Wild relatives

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; GENES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADVANCED BACKCROSS LINE; ADVANCED BACKCROSS QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS ANALYSE; BARLEY; CARBON-NITROGEN RATIO; LOCI ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEED QUALITY; TERMINAL DROUGHT; WILD BARLEY; WILD RELATIVE;

DROUGHT;

BRENDA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. SPONTANEUM;

EID: 84879247931     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-013-9853-9     Document Type: Article

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