Construction of a high-density genetic map and identification of loci controlling purple sepal trait of flower head in Brassica oleracea L. italica

Abstract Background Some broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. italic) accessions have purple sepals and cold weather would deepen the purple color, while the sepals of other broccoli lines are always green even in cold winter. The related locus or gene is still unknown. In this study, a high-density genet...

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Main Authors: Huifang Yu, Jiansheng Wang, Xiaoguang Sheng, Zhenqing Zhao, Yusen Shen, Ferdinando Branca, Honghui Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Subjects:
QTL
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-1831-x