Root restriction accelerates genomic target identification in quinoa under controlled conditions.

Abstract excerpt

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is a nutritious and resilient crop that displays a high genetic and phenotypic variation. As the popularity of this crop increases, there is a growing need to integrate classic and modern breeding tools to favor its improvement. We tested root restriction as a method to reduce plant size and enable high-throughput phenotypic screening of large sets of quinoa plants under controlled...

Topics

• Chenopodium quinoa
• Plant Roots
• Genome-Wide Association Study
• Phenotype
• Genome, Plant
• Plant Breeding