
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Coventry, S. J. 
A1  - Barr, A. R. 
A1  - Eglinton, J. K. 
A1  - McDonald, G. K. 
T1  - The determinants and genome locations influencing grain weight and size in barley (<emph type="2">Hordeum vulgare</emph> L.)
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 54
IS  - 12
SP  - 1103
EP  - 1115
KW  - grain weight, grain size, QTL, developmental loci, Ppd-H1, eps2, sdw1.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR02194 
N2  - Grain weight and size are traits important to malting and feed barley. Understanding the determinants of grain weight and size, especially under stressful growing environments, will aid breeding efforts to improve these traits. The determinants of grain weight and size are discussed in relation to the pre- and post-anthesis periods of barley development. Genetic mapping of the loci influencing grain weight and size has provided a fundamental understanding of these traits, and a summary of mapped quantitative trait loci (QTLs) from Australian and international mapping populations is presented. The influence of developmental loci on grain weight and size QTLs, approaches to discovering non-developmentally related loci, and prospects for a marker assisted selection approach to improving grain weight and size are discussed. 
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