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Discovering Candidate Chromosomal Regions Linked to Kernel Size-Related Traits via QTL Mapping and Bulked Sample Analysis in Maize

Hameed Gul¹, Mengya Qian¹, Mohammad G. Arabzai^1,2, Tianhui Huang¹, Qiannan Ma¹, Fangyu Xing¹, Wan Cao¹, Tingting Liu¹, Hong Duan¹, Qianlin Xiao^1,*, Zhizhai Liu^1,*

1 College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
2 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Paktia University, Gardiz, 2201, Afghanistan

* Corresponding Authors: Qianlin Xiao. Email: " />, " />; Zhizhai Liu. Email: " />, " />