Unused natural variation can lift yield barriers in plant breeding

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Gur, Amit ^a   Zamir, Dani ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOMATO; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREEDING; CROSS BREEDING; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PENNELLII; SOLANUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME; GENOME, PLANT; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 8844243313     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020245     Document Type: Article

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