Candidate gene-based association genetics analysis of herbage quality traits in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-253

  Pembleton, L W ^a,c   Wang, J ^a,b,c   Cogan, N O I ^a,c   Pryce, J E ^a   Ye, G ^a,c   Bandaranayake, C K ^b,c   Hand, M L ^a,c   Baillie, R C ^a,c   Drayton, M C ^a,c   Lawless, K ^a,c   Erb, S ^b,c   Dobrowolski, M P ^b,c   Sawbridge, T I ^a,c   Spangenberg, G C ^a,c   Smith, K F ^b,c   Forster, J W ^a,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Primary Industries Research Victoria   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cultivar; digestibility; fructan; lignin; NIRS; single nucleotide polymorphism.

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CARBOHYDRATE; CULTIVAR; DIGESTIBILITY; FORAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GRASS; LIGNIN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OUTCROSSING; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT BREEDING; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84881463107     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP12392     Document Type: Article

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