Wild-type alleles of Rht-B1 and Rht-D1 as independent determinants of thousand-grain weight and kernel number per spike in wheat

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 771-783

  Zhang, Jingjuan ^a   Dell, Bernard ^a   Biddulph, Ben ^b   Drake Brockman, Fiona ^b   Walker, Esther ^b   Khan, Nusrat ^a   Wong, Debbie ^c   Hayden, Matthew ^c   Appels, Rudi ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bread wheat; Dwarfing genes; Genetic map; Kernel number; Quantitative trait loci; Thousand grain weight

Indexed keywords

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

BREAD WHEAT; DWARFING GENES; GENETIC MAP; GRAIN KERNELS; GRAIN WEIGHTS; GRAIN YIELD; KERNEL NUMBER; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; THOUSAND-GRAIN WEIGHT; WILD TYPES;

DROUGHT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84887997062     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-013-9905-1     Document Type: Article

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