Molecular mapping across three populations reveals a QTL hotspot region on chromosome 3 for secondary traits associated with drought tolerance in tropical maize

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 701-715

  Almeida, Gustavo Dias ^a,d   Nair, Sudha ^b   Borém, Aluízio ^a   Cairns, Jill ^b   Trachsel, Samuel ^b   Ribaut, Jean Marcel ^b   Bänziger, Marianne ^b   Prasanna, Boddupalli M ^c   Crossa, Jose ^b   Babu, Raman ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; MetaQTL; Secondary traits; SNP

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION; TROPICS;

DROUGHT TOLERANCES; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; GENOMIC REGIONS; HEIGHT RATIO; METAQTL; PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SECONDARY TRAIT; SNP; WATER REGIME;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84895932791     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: 15729788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-014-0068-5     Document Type: Article

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