A single locus is responsible for salinity tolerance in a Chinese landrace barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).

INTRODUCTION: Salinity and waterlogging are two major abiotic stresses severely limiting barley production. The lack of a reliable screening method makes it very hard to improve the tolerance through breeding programs. METHODS: This work used 188 DH lines from a cross between a Chinese landrace vari...

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Main Authors: Rugen Xu, Junmei Wang, Chengdao Li, Peter Johnson, Chao Lu, Meixue Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3423432?pdf=render