Nested association mapping of stem rust resistance in wheat using genotyping by sequencing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Bajgain, Prabin ^a,b   Rouse, Matthew N ^b,c   Tsilo, Toi J ^d   Macharia, Godwin K ^e   Bhavani, Sridhar ^f   Jin, Yue ^c   Anderson, James A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c USDA Agricultural Research Service Cereal Disease Laboratory   (United States)

^d ARC Small Grain Institute   (South Africa)

^e KENYA AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^f WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT PLANT; CHROMOSOME; DISEASE MODEL; FAMILY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; JOINT; KENYA; MINNESOTA; PLANT MODEL; RACE; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES; STEM RUST; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT STEM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; WHEAT;

PLANT DNA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT STEMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRITICUM;

EID: 84969625483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155760     Document Type: Article

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