Segregation of bunch orientation in plantain and banana hybrids

Euphytica

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-82

  Ortiz, Rodomiro ^a,b   Vuylsteke, Dirk ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Auxins; Dosage effect; Epistasis; Geotropic reaction; Musa

Indexed keywords

BANANA; BUNCH ORIENTATION; CALCUTTA 4; OBINO L'EWAI; PISANG LILIN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANTAIN; PLOIDY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MUSA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; PISANG; PLANTAGO;

EID: 0031971608     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018368113316     Document Type: Article

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