Looking for progenitors: A molecular approach to finding the origins of an invasive weed

Biological Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-357

  Bond, J M ^a   Veenendaal, E M ^b   Hornby, D D ^a   Gray, A J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Cenchrus biflorus; Genetic diversity; IS SR; Kalahari; Origin of invasive populations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; WEED;

AFRICA;

CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS BIFLORUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037985432     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023621102714     Document Type: Article

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