Development of microsatellite markers in melon (Cucumis melo L.) and their application to major cucurbit crops

Breeding Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-27

  Chiba, Naoki ^a,b   Suwabe, Keita ^a   Nunome, Tsukasa ^a   Hirai, Masashi ^a,c  

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

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Cucurbitaceae; DNA markers; Microsatellite; Simple sequence repeats (SSRs)

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037343608     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.53.21     Document Type: Article

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