Association mapping and marker-assisted selection of the lettuce dieback resistance gene Tvr1.docVIP

BMC Plant Biology BioMedCentral Research article Open Access Association mapping and marker-assisted selection of the lettuce dieback resistance gene Tvr1 Ivan Simko*1, Dov A Pechenick1, Leah K McHale2,3,4, María José Truco2, Oswaldo E Ochoa2, Richard W Michelmore2 and Brian E Scheffler5 Address: 1United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905, USA, 2The Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA 95616, USA,