Ada Ching,J. Antoni Rafalski,Stanley Luck,Marymar Goncalves Butruille
申请号:
US12502365
公开号:
US08900808B2
申请日:
2009.07.14
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying and for selecting maize plants with mechanical stalk strength characteristics. The methods use molecular markers to identify and select plants with increased mechanical stalk strength or to identify and counter-select plants with decreased mechanical stalk strength. Maize plants generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention.