Morphological, phytochemical, and genetic variation in Hawaiian cultivars of 'awa (Kava, Piper methysticum, Piperaceae)

Economic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-418

  Lebot, Vincent ^a   Johnston, Ed ^b   Zheng, Qun Yi ^c   McKern, Doug ^d   McKenna, Dennis J ^e  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Alia Point 'Awa Nursery   (United States)

^c Madis Botanicals Inc   (United States)

^d Heffter Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^e Heffter Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

'awa; Chemotypes; Cultivars; Genotypes; Kava; Kavalactones; Morphotypes; Piper methysticum; Variation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CLIMATE; CLONE; CULTIVAR; DIHYDROKAWAIN; DIHYDROMETHYSTICIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; KAVALACTONE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT AGE; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; SOMATIC MUTATION; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HAWAIIA; PIPER METHYSTICUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 0033385371     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866720     Document Type: Article

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