HERITABILITY AND QTL MAPPING OF AERIAL ROOTS AND OTHER YIELD COMPONENT TRAITS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR N2 FIXATION IN ZEA MAYS
David A. O’Donnell, Jinliang Yang, Pablo Zamora, Anne Lorant, Chenyong Miao, Allen Van Deynze, A. B. Bennett, Jeffrey Ross‐Ibarra
This paper estimates heritability and identifies QTL for aerial root traits and yield components in maize, finding genetic overlap with introgression from wild mexicana.
bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2025 · PreprintGenetics