Article
Assessing the importance of genotype x environment interaction for root traits in rice using a mapping population II: conventional QTL analysis.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Sept 2006
MacMillan K, Emrich K, Piepho H-P, Mullins C E, Price A H
Abstract excerpt
Modifying plant root systems is considered a means of crop improvement targeted to low-resource environments, particularly low nutrient and drought-prone agriculture. The identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for root traits has stimulated marker-assisted breeding to this end, but diff...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.