Detection of favorable QTL alleles and candidate genes for lint percentage by GWAS in Chinese upland cotton

Improving cotton yield is a major breeding goal for Chinese upland cotton. Lint percentage is an important yield component and a critical economic index for cotton cultivars, and raising the lint percentage has a close relationship to improving cotton lint yield. To investigate the genetic architect...

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Main Authors: Shuxun Yu, Junji Su, Shuli Fan, Libei Li, Hengling Wei, Caixiang Wang, Hantao Wang, Meizhen Song, Chi Zhang, Lijiao Gu, Shuqi Zhao, Guangzhi Mao, Chengshe Wang, Chaoyou Pang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01576/full