Fitness of F1 hybrids between weedy Brassica rapa and oilseed rape (B. napus)

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-435

  Hauser, Thure P ^a   Shaw, Ruth G ^b   Østergård, Hanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Controlled crosses; Genotypic variation; Interspecific hybridization

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HYBRID; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT VARIETY; POLLINATION; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

CROP PLANT; FITNESS; HYBRID; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD POPULATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA;

EID: 0031742358     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884240     Document Type: Article

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