Assessing relationships of kumara cultivars by RAPD analysis

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 479-485

  Harvey, Catherine F ^a   Gill, Geoffrey P ^a   Crossman, Catherine ^a   Fraser, Lena G ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Convolvulaceae; Fingerprinting; Ipomoea; Kumara; Phylogeny; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031414388     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1987.10410171     Document Type: Article

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