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Jian-Chao Liu1, Qun Chu, Hong-Guang Cai

  • 1Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. ljccau@gmail.com

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|June 23, 2010
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Researchers identified a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) for maize leaf area on chromosome 2. This finding is significant for marker-assisted selection (MAS) to improve maize yield.

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