Verification of the parthenogenetic capability of unreduced eggs in an alfalfa mutant by a progeny test based on morphological and molecular markers

Plant Breeding

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 475-479

  Barcaccia, G ^a   Tavoletti, S ^b   Falcinelli, M ^a   Veronesi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Diplospory; Flower colour; Medicago sativa; RAPD fingerprints; RFLP markers

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0030668429     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1997.tb01034.x     Document Type: Article

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