Genetic assessment of watermelon germplasm using the AFLP technique

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-84

  Che, Ke Peng ^a   Liang, Chun Yang ^a   Wang, Yue Guang ^a   Jin, De Min ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Xu, Yong ^b   Kang, Guo Bing ^b   Zhang, Hai Ying ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING VEGETABLE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

AFLP; Cluster analysis; Genetic diversity; Germplasm identification; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GENES;

WATERMELON GERMPLASMS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037293270     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.1.81     Document Type: Article

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