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Genome-wide association study of Striga resistance in early maturing white tropical maize inbred lines.
BMC plant biology - 11 May 2020
Adewale Samuel Adeyemi, Badu-Apraku Baffour, Akinwale Richard Olutayo, Paterne Agre Angelot, Gedil Melaku, Garcia-Oliveira Ana Luísa
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BACKGROUND: Striga hermonthica (Benth.) parasitism militates against increased maize production and productivity in savannas of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Identification of Striga resistance genes is important in developing genotypes with durable resistance. So far, there is only one report on the existence of QTL for Striga resistance on chromosome 6 of maize. The objective of this study was to identify genomic...
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