Population structures in Rhododendron metternichii var. hondoense assessed with microsatellites and their implication for conservation

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-412

  Naito, Kazuaki ^a,d   Isagi, Yuji ^b   Kameyama, Yoshiaki ^c   Nakagoshi, Nobukazu ^c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^b Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; Individual identification; Microsatellite; Rhododendron metternichii var. hondoense; Sexual recruitment; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON METTERNICHII VAR. HONDOENSE;

EID: 0033233975     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013895     Document Type: Article

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