A probable origin of triploids in Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott]

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 774-779

  Isshiki, Shiro ^a   Otsuka, Ken Ichiro ^a   Tashiro, Yosuke ^a   Miyazaki, Sadami ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crossing; Double genome donor; Taro; Triploid

Indexed keywords

GENOME ANALYSIS; HYBRID; ISOENZYME; PLANT GENETICS; TRIPLOIDY;

EID: 0032787724     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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