Genotypic variation in progeny of the agamic grass complex Pennisetum section Brevivalvula in west Africa

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 71-83

  Schmelzer, G H ^a,b   Renno, J F ^a  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Niamey   (Nigeria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Genotypic variation; Isozymes; Pennisetum sect. Brevivalvula; Poaceae; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM HORDEOIDES; PENNISETUM PEDICELLATUM; PENNISETUM POLYSTACHION; PENNISETUM SUBANGUSTUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0032905759     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00984648     Document Type: Article

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