Accounting for heading date gene effects allows detection of small-effect QTL associated with resistance to Septoria nodorum blotch in wheat

• Luis A. Rivera-Burgos,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2359-3801

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• Gina Brown-Guedira,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Jerry Johnson,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Mohamed Mergoum,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Christina Cowger

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ccowger@ncsu.edu, Christina.Cowger@usda.gov

  Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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