A Comparative Intra-specific Karyotype Analysis in some Kenya Tea Cultivars, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze

Discovery and Innovation

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 199-206

  Wachira, Francis N ^a   Njagi, Germano D E ^b   Magambo, Michael J S ^c  

^a TEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KENYA   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis Kenya tea; Cultivars; Intra specific; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012745268     PISSN: 1015079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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