Molecular characterization of vernalization and response genes in bread wheat from the Yellow and Huai Valley of China

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Feng ^a,b,c   Gao, Manxia ^a   Zhang, Jianghua ^a   Zuo, Aihui ^a   Shang, Xiaoli ^a   Cui, Dangqun ^a,b,c  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science   (China)

Author keywords

Bread wheat; Flowering days; Heading days; Photoperiod gene; Vernalization response genes

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAD; CHINA; COLD; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DOMINANT GENE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; POLYPLOIDY; SEASON; WHEAT;

ALLELES; BREAD; CHINA; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; POLYPLOIDY; SEASONS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84889072156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-199     Document Type: Article

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