Candidate gene association mapping of Sclerotinia stalk rot resistance in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) uncovers the importance of COI1 homologs

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-209

  Talukder, Zahirul I ^a   Hulke, Brent S ^b   Qi, Lili ^b   Scheffler, Brian E ^c   Pegadaraju, Venkatramana ^d   McPhee, Kevin ^a   Gulya, Thomas J ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d BioDiagnostics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GENERAL LINEAR MODELING; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; POPULATION STRUCTURES; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUNFLOWER;

ASCOMYCOTA; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HELIANTHUS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84892792049     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2210-x     Document Type: Article

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