Evolution and improvement of cultivated amaranths with reference to genome relationship among A. cruentus, A. powellii and A. retroflexus

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-224

  Pandey, R M ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Amaranthus; Evolution; Genome relationship; Structural chromosome changes

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; HYBRID; INDIA; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MEXICO; PLANT GENOME; WILD RELATIVE;

AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS POWELLII; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS;

EID: 0033408493     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008664611893     Document Type: Article

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