Physiological studies and determination of chromosome number in Maca, Lepidium meyenii (Brassicaceae)

Economic Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-223

  Quiros, Carlos F ^a   Epperson, Andrea ^a   Hu, Jinguo ^a   Holle, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; chromosomes; cruciferae; Peruvian ginseng; photoperiod

Indexed keywords

BRASSICACEAE; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 0029857720     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02861452     Document Type: Article

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