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Genetic diversity and population structure of Chinese foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) Beauv.] landraces.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 1 Jul 2012
Wang Chunfang, Jia Guanqing, Zhi Hui, Niu Zhengang, Chai Yang, Li Wei, Wang Yongfang, Li Haiquan, Lu Ping, Zhao Baohua, Diao Xianmin
Abstract excerpt
As an ancient cereal of great importance for dryland agriculture even today, foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is fast becoming a new plant genomic model crop. A genotypic analysis of 250 foxtail millet landraces, which represent 1% of foxtail millet germplasm kept in the Chinese National Gene Bank (CNGB), was conducted with 77 SSRs covering the foxtail millet genome. A high degree of molecular diversity among the...
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