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Genome-wide association study (GWAS) of resistance to head smut in maize.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Nov 2012
Wang Ming, Yan Jianbing, Zhao Jiuran, Song Wei, Zhang Xiaobo, Xiao Yannong, Zheng Yonglian
Abstract excerpt
Head smut, caused by the fungus Sphacelotheca reiliana (Kühn) Clint, is a devastating global disease in maize, leading to severe quality and yield loss each year. The present study is the first to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of head smut resistance using the Illumina MaizeSNP50 array. Out of 45,868 single nucleotide polymorphisms in a panel of 144 inbred lines, 18 novel candidate genes were...
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