Genome-wide association study in historical and contemporary U.S. winter wheats identifies height-reducing loci

Plant height has been a major target for selection of high-yielding varieties in wheat. Two height-reducing loci (Rht-B1 and Rht-D1) have been widely used since the Green Revolution. However, these genes also negatively affect other agronomic traits such as kernel weight. Identifying alternative hei...

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Main Authors: Sintayehu D. Daba, Priyanka Tyagi, Gina Brown-Guedira, Mohsen Mohammadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2020-04-01
Series:Crop Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514119301266