ABSTRACT
Stress Tolerance ......................................................................................359 12.4 Application of QTLs for Abiotic Stress Tolerance................................360
12.4.1 QTLs across Environments and Populations............................361 12.4.2 QTL Analysis of Physiological Traits ......................................362 12.4.3 Limitations of QTL Analysis....................................................363
12.5 Genomic Approaches to Understanding and Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance ...................................................................364 12.5.1 Synteny and Comparative Genomics........................................364 12.5.2 Gene Cloning from QTLs.........................................................365 12.5.3 Microarrays ...............................................................................365 12.5.4 Forward and Reverse Genetics .................................................367
