Morphological variation in Astragalus hamosus L. and Coronilla scorpioides L. populations of Tunisia

Euphytica

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-147

  Zoghlami, Aziza ^a   Zouaghi, Mongi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Astragalus hamosus; Cluster analysis; Coronilla scorpioides; Local populations; Morphological variation; Principal component analysis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS HAMOSUS; CORONILLA; CORONILLA SCORPIOIDES;

EID: 0344287037     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EUPH.0000003881.85977.10     Document Type: Article

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