An EST-SSR based genetic linkage map and identification of QTLs for anthracnose disease resistance in water yam (Dioscorea alata L.)
Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Christian O. Nwadili, Christopher A. Saski, Paterne Angelot Agre, Brian E. Scheffler, Joao Augusto, Antonio Lopez‐Montes, Joseph Onyeka, Pullikanti Lava Kumar, Ranajit Bandyopadhyay
The paper constructs an EST-SSR-based genetic linkage map and identifies a QTL for anthracnose resistance in water yam, aiding in marker-assisted breeding.
PLoS ONE · Oct 10, 2018Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology