Karyotypic analysis of wild taxa of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers

Caryologia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-138

  Venora, Gianfranco ^a   Padulosi, Stefano ^b  

^a Stazione Sperimentale di Granicoltura per la Sicilia   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Breeding; Chromosome; Evolution; Image analysis; Karyotype; Vigna spp

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037520558     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1997.10797392     Document Type: Article

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