Nuclear DNA content in twelve species of Alstroemeria L. and some of their hybrids

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-353

  Buitendijk, Joska H ^a   Boon, Eloy J ^b   Ramanna, M S ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Lab Plant Tissue Culture Breed F   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alstroemeria; aneuploidy; C banding; DAPI; evolution; flow cytometry; genome size; geophytes; Inca Lily; karyotypes; nuclear DNA; propidium iodide

Indexed keywords

ALSTROEMERIA; LILIUM;

EID: 0030908676     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0345     Document Type: Article

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