Occurrence, inheritance and use of reproductive mutants in alfalfa improvement

Euphytica

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-56

  Barcaccia, Gianni ^a   Tavoletti, Stefano ^b   Mariani, Anna ^c   Veronesi, Fabio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2n gametes; Cytogenetics; Medicago sativa; Molecular markers; QTL; Sexual polyploidization

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0141615495     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025646523940     Document Type: Review

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