Evidence for massive clonal growth in the invasive weed Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 463-472

  Hollingsworth, Michelle L ^a   Bailey, John P ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien; Colonization; Genetic diversity; Genotypic diversity; Introduction; Polygonum cuspidatum; RAPDs

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; GENETIC VARIANCE; JAPAN; MALE FERTILITY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLONAL GROWTH; GENETIC VARIATION; WEED;

UNITED KINGDOM;

FALLOPIA JAPONICA;

EID: 0033848348     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.2000.0359     Document Type: Article

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