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Combining powers of linkage and association mapping for precise dissection of QTL controlling resistance to gray leaf spot disease in maize (Zea mays L.).
BMC genomics - 10 Nov 2015
Mammadov Jafar, Sun Xiaochun, Gao Yanxin, Ochsenfeld Cherie, Bakker Erica, Ren Ruihua, Flora Jonathan, Wang Xiujuan, Kumpatla Siva, Meyer David, Thompson Steve
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gray Leaf Spot (GLS causal agents Cercospora zeae-maydis and Cercospora zeina) is one of the most important foliar diseases of maize in all areas where the crop is being cultivated. Although in the USA the situation with GLS severity is not as critical as in sub-Saharan Africa or Brazil, the evidence of climate change, increasing corn monoculture as well as the narrow genetic base of North American...
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