Characterisation of somatic hybrids between Solanum tuberosum and its frost-tolerant relative Solanum commersonii

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1127-1132

  Nyman, M ^a   Waara, S ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Box 883 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertility; Frost tolerance; S. commersonii; S. tuberosum; Somatic hybrids

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM COMMERSONII; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030666297     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050672     Document Type: Article

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