Genetic relationships of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) using RAPD markers

Euphytica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Fiedler, Jan ^a   Bufler, Gebhard ^a   Bangerth, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avocado; Classification; Ecological races; Persea americana; RAPD

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENDROGRAM; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC MARKER; GERMPLASM; PERSEA SCHIEDEANA; PLANT VARIETY; PRIMER DNA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PERSEA SCHIEDEANA;

EID: 0031834696     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018321928400     Document Type: Article

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