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Identification of stable QTLs causing chalk in rice grains in nine environments.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jan 2016
Zhao Xiangqian, Daygon Venea D, McNally Kenneth L, Hamilton Ruaraidh Sackville, Xie Fangming, Reinke Russell F, Fitzgerald Melissa A
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KEY MESSAGE: A novel QTL cluster for chalkiness on Chr04 was identified using single environment analysis and joint mapping across 9 environments in Asia and South American. QTL NILs showed that each had a significant effect on chalk. Chalk in rice grains leads to a significant loss in the proportion of marketable grains in a harvested crop, leading to a significant financial loss to rice farmers and traders. To...
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