Association of an allele-specific marker with dehydration stress tolerance in foxtail millet suggests SiDREB2 to be an important QTL

Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-122

  Lata, Charu ^a,b   Prasad, Manoj ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allele specific marker; Dehydration stress; Foxtail millet; Marker aided breeding; SiDREB2; Single marker regression; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881506852     PISSN: 09717811     EISSN: 09741275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13562-013-0193-y     Document Type: Article

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