Resistance to Gray Leaf Spot of Maize: Genetic Architecture and Mechanisms Elucidated through Nested Association Mapping and Near-Isogenic Line Analysis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Benson, Jacqueline M ^a   Poland, Jesse A ^b   Benson, Brent M ^c   Stromberg, Erik L ^d   Nelson, Rebecca J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 203 Solutions LLC   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERCOSPORIN; MYCOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIMETHYLANILINE MONOOXYGENASE (N-OXIDE FORMING); OXYGENASE; PERYLENE;

ARTICLE; CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA ZEAE MAYDIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FLAVIN MONOOXYGENASE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GRAY LEAF SPOT; LEAF BLIGHT; LEAF SPOT; LEAF VEIN; MAIZE; NEAR ISOGENIC LINE; NESTED ASSOCIATION MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENOME; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; UPREGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA ZEAE-MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

ASCOMYCOTA; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; OXYGENASES; PERYLENE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84926208487     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005045     Document Type: Article

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