Mapping QTL conferring resistance in maize to gray leaf spot disease caused by Cercospora zeina

BMC Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Berger, Dave K ^a   Carstens, Maryke ^a   Korsman, Jeanne N ^a   Middleton, Felix ^b   Kloppers, Frederik J ^b   Tongoona, Pangirayi ^c   Myburg, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b PANNAR SEED (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cercospora; Corn; GLS; Gray leaf spot; Grey leaf spot; Maize; QTL

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA ZEINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERING; GENE MAPPING; GERMPLASM; LEAF SPOT; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT CHROMOSOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEASON;

ALLELES; ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOUTH AFRICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84902553401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-15-60     Document Type: Article

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