QTL mapping for yield components in a tropical maize population using microsatellite markers

P Karen Sabadin, C Lopes de Souza Júnior… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
QTL mapping provides usefull information for breeding programs since it allows the
estimation of genomic locations and genetic effects of chromossomal regions related to the …

Genomic distribution of quantitative trait loci for yield and yield‐related traits in common wheat

LY Zhang, DC Liu, XL Guo, WL Yang… - Journal of integrative …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A major objective of quantitative trait locus (QTL) studies is to find genes/markers that can be
used in breeding programs via marker assisted selection (MAS). We surveyed the QTLs for …

QTL analysis of agronomic traits in barley based on the doubled haploid progeny of two elite North American varieties representing different germplasm groups

LA Marquez-Cedillo, PM Hayes, A Kleinhofs… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2001 - Springer
A better understanding of the genetics of complex traits, such as yield, may be achieved by
using molecular tools. This study was conducted to estimate the number, genome location …

High congruency of QTL positions for heterosis of grain yield in three crosses of maize

CC Schön, BS Dhillon, HF Utz… - Theoretical and applied …, 2010 - Springer
The genetic basis of heterosis in maize has been investigated in a number of studies but
results have not been conclusive. Here, we compare quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping …

Maize association population: a high‐resolution platform for quantitative trait locus dissection

SA Flint‐Garcia, AC Thuillet, J Yu, G Pressoir… - The plant …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Crop improvement and the dissection of complex genetic traits require germplasm diversity.
Although this necessary phenotypic variability exists in diverse maize, most research is …

Genetic mapping in maize with hybrid progeny across testers and generations: plant height and flowering

DF Austin, M Lee, LR Veldboom - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2001 - Springer
DNA markers were used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for plant height, ear height,
and three flowering traits in hybrid progeny of two generations (F 2: 3, F 6: 8) of lines from a …

Mapping QTL controlling yield and yield components in a spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cross using marker regression

J Bezant, D Laurie, N Pratchett, J Chojecki… - Molecular …, 1997 - Springer
An RFLP map constructed from 99 doubled haploid lines of a cross between two spring
barley varieties (Blenheim× Kym) was used to localize quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling …

Connected populations for detecting quantitative trait loci and testing for epistasis: an application in maize

G Blanc, A Charcosset, B Mangin, A Gallais… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2006 - Springer
Quantitative trait loci (QTL) detection experiments have often been restricted to large biallelic
populations. Use of connected multiparental crosses has been proposed to increase the …

QTL mapping for yield and yield contributing traits in two mapping populations of bread wheat

N Kumar, PL Kulwal, HS Balyan, PK Gupta - Molecular Breeding, 2007 - Springer
In bread wheat, single-locus and two-locus QTL analyses were conducted for seven yield
and yield contributing traits using two different mapping populations (PI and P II). Single …

Molecular marker-facilitated studies in an elite maize population: I. Linkage analysis and determination of QTL for morphological traits

LR Veldboom, M Lee, WL Woodman - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 1994 - Springer
Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) and one morphological marker were
used to investigate quantitative trait loci (QTL) for morphological and physiological traits …