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QTLs associated with root traits increase yield in upland rice when transferred through marker-assisted selection.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jan 2013
Steele K A, Price A H, Witcombe J R, Shrestha Roshi, Singh B N, Gibbons J M, Virk D S
Abstract excerpt
Altering root morphology of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars could improve yields in drought-prone upland ecosystems. Marker-assisted backcross breeding was used to introgress four QTLs for root traits into an upland rice cultivar. The QTLs had previously been identified under experimental conditions in a different genetic background. The introgressed lines and the recurrent parent were grown for 6 years by...
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