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qMrdd2, a novel quantitative resistance locus for maize rough dwarf disease.
BMC plant biology - 30 Jun 2021
Zhang Weixiao, Deng Suining, Zhao Yan, Xu Wei, Liu Qingcai, Zhang Yongzhong, Ren Chunmei, Cheng Zhaobang, Xu Mingliang, Liu Baoshen
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BACKGROUND: Maize rough dwarf disease (MRDD), a widespread disease caused by four pathogenic viruses, severely reduces maize yield and grain quality. Resistance against MRDD is a complex trait that controlled by many quantitative trait loci (QTL) and easily influenced by environmental conditions. So far, many studies have reported numbers of resistant QTL, however, only one QTL have been cloned, so it is...
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