Phenotyping pipeline reveals major seedling root growth QTL in hexaploid wheat

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2283-2292

  Atkinson, Jonathan A ^a   Wingen, Luzie U ^b   Griffiths, Marcus ^a   Pound, Michael P ^a   Gaju, Oorbessy ^a   Foulkes, M John ^a   Le Gouis, Jacques ^c   Griffiths, Simon ^b   Bennett, Malcolm J ^a   King, Julie ^a   Wells, Darren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals   (France)

Author keywords

High throughput phenotyping; root system architecture

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

NITROGEN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT ROOT; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEEDLING; WHEAT;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDLINGS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84927936912     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv006     Document Type: Article

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