Resources

Collard BCY, Jahufer MZZ, Brouwer JB, Pang ECK (2005) An introduction to markers, quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping and marker-assisted selection for crop improvement: The basic concepts. Euphytica 142: 169-196.

Landi P, Sanguineti MC, Salvi S, Giuliani S, Bellotti M, Maccaferri M, Conti S, Tuberosa R (2005) Validation and characterization of a major QTL affecting leaf ABA concentration in maize. Molecular Breeding 15: 291–303.

Newbury HJ (ed) (2003) Plant Molecular Breeding. Blackwell Publishing, CRC Press, Birmingham, UK. 

Tanksley SD, Nelson JC (1996) Advanced backcross QTL analysis: a method of the simultaneous discovery and transfer of valuable QTLs from unadapted germplasm into elite breeding lines. Theor Appl Genet 92:191–203.

Tuberosa R, Salvi S, Giuliani S, Sanguineti MC, Bellotti M, Conti S, Landi P (2007) Genome-wide approaches to investigate and improve maize response to drought. Crop Science 47(S3): S120-S141.