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Genome-wide association study of Fusarium ear rot disease in the U.S.A. maize inbred line collection.
BMC plant biology - 30 Dec 2014
Zila Charles T, Ogut Funda, Romay Maria C, Gardner Candice A, Buckler Edward S, Holland James B
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BACKGROUND: Resistance to Fusarium ear rot of maize is a quantitative and complex trait. Marker-trait associations to date have had small additive effects and were inconsistent between previous studies, likely due to the combined effects of genetic heterogeneity and low power of detection of many small effect variants. The complexity of inheritance of resistance hinders the use marker-assisted selection for ear...
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