Genetic Dissection of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Tropical Maize Through Genome-Wide Association and Genomic Prediction

In sub-Saharan Africa, one of the major challenges to smallholder farmers is soil with low fertility and inability to apply nitrogen fertilizer externally due to the cost. Development of maize hybrids, which perform better in nitrogen depleted soils, is one of the promising solutions. However, breed...

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Main Authors: Berhanu Tadesse Ertiro, Maryke Labuschagne, Michael Olsen, Biswanath Das, Boddupalli M. Prasanna, Manje Gowda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
NUE
SNP
LD
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2020.00474/full