Association mapping and validation of QTLs for flour yield in the soft winter wheat variety Kitahonami.

The winter wheat variety Kitahonami shows a superior flour yield in comparison to other Japanese soft wheat varieties. To map the quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with this trait, association mapping was performed using a panel of lines from Kitahonami's pedigree, along with leading Jap...

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Main Authors: Goro Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Ito, Mika Saito, Mikako Sato, Hironobu Jinno, Yasuhiro Yoshimura, Tsutomu Nishimura, Hidekazu Maejima, Yasushi Uehara, Fuminori Kobayashi, Toshiki Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4215981?pdf=render