Association analysis of low-phosphorus tolerance in West African pearl millet using DArT markers

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Gemenet, D C ^a,b   Leiser, W L ^a   Zangre, R G ^d   Angarawai, I I ^c   Sanogo, M D ^e   Sy, O ^f   Mahendar, T ^g   Hash, C T ^c   Haussmann, B I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^c ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^d INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^e Institut d Economie Rurale   (Mali)

^f Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

^g INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

DArT markers; Low phosphorus availability; Marker trait association; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEMS; GENES;

ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS; DART MARKER; FLOWERING-TIME; GENOMIC REGIONS; GRAIN YIELD; LOW PHOSPHORUS AVAILABILITY; MARKER–TRAIT ASSOCIATION; PEARL MILLET; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; WEST AFRICA;

PHOSPHORUS;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 84938595018     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: 15729788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-015-0361-y     Document Type: Article

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