Morphometry analysis and seed germination of Amaranthus cruentus, A. retroflexus and their hybrid (A. x turicensis)

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 364-369

  Lanta, Vojtěch ^a   Havranek P ^b   Ondrej V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Cultropa   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amaranth; Chromosome; Morphological characteristics; Seed germination; Spontaneous hybrids

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; AMARANTHUS TURICENSIS;

EID: 0141565239     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/4138-pse     Document Type: Article

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