QTL analyses for tolerance to abiotic stresses in a common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) population.

Common bean productivity is reduced by several abiotic stress factors like drought and low soil fertility, leading to yield losses particularly in low input smallholder farming systems in the tropics. To understand the genetics of stress tolerance, and to improve adaptation of common bean to adverse...

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Main Authors: Lucy Milena Diaz, Jaumer Ricaurte, Eduardo Tovar, Cesar Cajiao, Henry Terán, Miguel Grajales, Jose Polanía, Idupulapati Rao, Stephen Beebe, Bodo Raatz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6114847?pdf=render