Prioritizing quantitative trait loci for root system architecture in tetraploid wheat

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1161-1178

  Maccaferri, Marco ^a   El Feki, Walid ^a,b   Nazemi, Ghasemali ^a,c   Salvi, Silvio ^a   Canè, Maria Angela ^a   Colalongo, Maria Chiara ^a   Stefanelli, Sandra ^a   Tuberosa, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Association mapping; drought stress; germplasm collection; grain yield; GWAS; meta QTLs; root growth angle; root system architecture; rooting depth; seminal root.

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TETRAPLOIDY; WHEAT;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LINKAGE; PLANT ROOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TETRAPLOIDY; TRITICUM;

EID: 84960383219     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw039     Document Type: Article

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