P0357
QTLs and Comparative Genomics Highlight Candidate Genes for Important Cowpea Traits

Date: Monday, January 14, 2013
Room: Grand Exhibit Hall
Mitchell R. Lucas , University of California, Riverside, CA
Bao Lam Huynh , University of California, Riverside, CA
Steve Wanamaker , University of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA
Jeffrey Ehlers , University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
Philip Roberts , University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
Timothy J. Close , University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
QTL mapping and comparative genomics are used to identify candidate genes underlying heat tolerance and resistance to feeding damage caused by flower thrips.  This poster also summarizes recent applications of bead-assay SNP genotyping and genetic mapping to develop marker-trait associations using experimental populations of cowpea.
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