Introgression of the high grain protein gene Gpc-B1 in an elite wheat variety of Indo-Gangetic Plains through marker assisted backcross breeding

Current Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-67

  Vishwakarma, Manish K ^a   Mishra, V K ^a   Gupta, P K ^b   Yadav, P S ^a   Kumar, H ^a   Joshi, Arun K ^a,c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Background selection; Foreground selection; Grain protein content; Marker assisted selection; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919426844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22146628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpb.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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