Discovery and genetic assessment of wild bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standley; Cucurbitaceae] from Zimbabwe

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 501-508

  Decker Walters, Deena S ^a   Wilkins Ellert, Mary ^a,b   Chung, Sang Min ^a,b   Staub, Jack E ^a,b  

^a Cucurbit Network   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottle gourd; cpDNA sequencing; Lagenaria siceraria; Lagenaria sphaerica; RAPD

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITACEAE; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; LAGENARIA SPHAERICA;

EID: 14244261789     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0501:DAGAOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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