Differentiation of Japanese green tea cultivars as revealed by RFLP analysis of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase DNA

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 998-1002

  Matsumoto, S ^a   Kiriiwa, Y ^b   Takeda, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelic frequency; Camellia sinensis; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; RFLP; Tea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CULTIVATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA; ENZYMES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

TEA CULTIVARS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036945097     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-001-0806-z     Document Type: Article

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