Crop-to-weed gene flow in the genus Sorghum (Poaceae): Spontaneous interspecific hybridization between johnsongrass, Sorghum halepense, and crop Sorghum, S. bicolor

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1153-1159

  Arriola, Paul E ^a,b   Ellstrand, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ELMHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

escape; gene flow; hybridization; interspecific; johnsongrass; Poaceae; Sorghum; tra nsgenic

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM HALEPENSE; POACEAE;

GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION; ISOZYME MARKER; JOHNSONGRASS; SORGHUM;

EID: 0030437916     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446198     Document Type: Article

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