Fruit component analysis of south pacific coconut palm populations

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-335

  Ashburner, G R ^a,d   Thompson, W K ^a   Halloran, G M ^b   Foale, M A ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE VICTORIA RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cocos nucifera; Diversity; Evolution; Genetic resources; Germplasm; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030844621     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008652618350     Document Type: Article

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