Biometric analysis on diversity of coconut palm: Cultivar classification by botanical and agronomical traits

Euphytica

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 29-35

  Sugimura, Yukio ^a,d   Itano, Morihide ^a   Salud, Christine D ^b   Otsuji, Kazuya ^a   Yamaguchi, Hirofumi ^c  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b MORAZ Agric Mgmt and Devmt Corp   (Philippines)

^c Osaka City University   (Japan)

^d KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biometric analysis; Coconut; Cocos nucifera; Cultivar classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031459533     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003053128120     Document Type: Article

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