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Genome wide association study for drought, aflatoxin resistance, and important agronomic traits of maize hybrids in the sub-tropics.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Farfan Ivan D Barrero, De La Fuente Gerald N, Murray Seth C, Isakeit Thomas, Huang Pei-Cheng, Warburton Marilyn, Williams Paul, Windham Gary L, Kolomiets Mike
Abstract excerpt
The primary maize (Zea mays L.) production areas are in temperate regions throughout the world and this is where most maize breeding is focused. Important but lower yielding maize growing regions such as the sub-tropics experience unique challenges, the greatest of which are drought stress and aflatoxin contamination. Here we used a diversity panel consisting of 346 maize inbred lines originating in temperate,...
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