Waxy proteins in diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid wheats

Plant Breeding

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 465-469

  Urbano, M ^a   Margiotta, B ^a   Colaprico, G ^a   Lafiandra, D ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amylose free lines; Null genotypes; PCR; Triticum ssp.; Waxy proteins

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM BAEOTICUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM; TRITICUM TIMOPHEEVII; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DICOCCOIDES; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; TRITICUM URARTU;

EID: 0036940921     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2002.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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