Two major quantitative trait loci controlling the number of seminal roots in maize co-map with the root developmental genes rtcs and rum1

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1149-1159

  Salvi, Silvio ^a   Giuliani, Silvia ^a   Ricciolini, Claudia ^a   Carraro, Nicola ^a,c   Maccaferri, Marco ^a   Presterl, Thomas ^b   Ouzunova, Milena ^b   Tuberosa, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b KWS SAAT SE Co KGaA   (Germany)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maize; primary root; QTL; root architecture; seminal roots; stress tolerance.

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84960452678     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw011     Document Type: Article

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