Phenotypic diversity and morphological characterization of amygdalus l. species in Lebanon

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-104

  Talhouk, S N ^a   Lubani, R T ^a   Baalbaki, R ^a   Zurayk, R ^a   AlKhatib, A ^a   Parmaksizian, L ^a   Jaradat, A A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Intl Plant Genetic Rsrc Institute   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Amygdalus communis; Amygdalus korshinskyi and Amygdalus orientalis in Lebanon; Diversity index; Germplasm collection; Morphological diversity

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY;

AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS; AMYGDALUS KORSHINSKYI; AMYGDALUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0033995946     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008763021129     Document Type: Article

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