Comparison of nuclear DNA content of citrus rootstock populations by flow cytometry analysis

Plant Breeding

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-172

  Seker, M ^a   Tuzcu, O ^b   Ollitrault, P ^c  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Citrus species; Flow cytometry; Genome size; Ploidy level

Indexed keywords

CITRONCIRUS WEBBERI; CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS JAMBHIRI; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS X PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA; CITRUS SULCATA; CITRUS X PARADISI; CLEOPATRA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037996758     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2003.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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