Genetic variation in morphology and growth characters of Acacia koa in the Hawaiian islands

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 767-773

  Daehler, Curtis C ^a   Yorkston, Mitsuko ^a   Sun, Weiguo ^b   Dudley, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Hawai'i Agriculture Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia koa; Ecology; Forestry; Genetic variation; Hawaiian Islands; Morphology; Phyllodes; Seeds

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

ACACIA KOA;

EID: 0032778275     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314163     Document Type: Article

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