Doubled haploid technology for line development in maize: technical advances and prospects

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 3227-3243

  Chaikam, Vijay ^a   Molenaar, Willem ^b   Melchinger, Albrecht E ^b   Boddupalli, Prasanna M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEED; TROPICS;

BREEDING PROGRAM; CHROMOSOME DOUBLING; DOUBLED HAPLOID; GENETIC IMPROVEMENTS; HUMAN TOXICITY; MAIZE BREEDING; PRODUCTION COST; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

CHROMOSOMES;

CROP; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; MAIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PROCEDURES;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HAPLOIDY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85074044566     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: 14322242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03433-x     Document Type: Review

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