Quantitative trait loci and candidate genes underlying genotype by environment interaction in the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to drought

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 585-599

  El Soda, Mohamed ^a,c   Kruijer, Willem ^a   Malosetti, Marcos ^a   Koornneef, Maarten ^a,b   Aarts, Mark G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Genome wide association mapping; G E; QTL mapping; Q E

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT STRESS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84922706710     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12418     Document Type: Article

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