Identification of QTLs for seedling vigor in winter wheat

Euphytica

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-209

  Li, Xing Mao ^a,b,c   Chen, Xin Min ^b   Xiao, Yong Gui ^b   Xia, Xian Chun ^b   Wang, De Sen ^b   He, Zhong Hu ^b,d   Wang, Hua Jun ^a  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^d CIMMYT China Office   (China)

Author keywords

Bread wheat; Ground cover (GC); Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); Quantitative trait locus (QTL)

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84901984599     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-014-1092-6     Document Type: Article

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