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Epistasis for three grain yield components in rice (Oryza sativa L.).
Genetics - 1 Feb 1997
Li Z, Pinson S R, Park W D, Paterson A H, Stansel J W
Abstract excerpt
The genetic basis for three grain yield components of rice, 1000 kernel weight (KW), grain number per panicle (GN), and grain weight per panicle (GWP), was investigated using restriction fragment length polymorphism markers and F4 progency testing from a cross between rice subspecies japonica (cultivar Lemont from USA) and indica (cv. Tequing from China). Following identification of 19 QTL affecting these traits,...
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