Allozyme, morphological and nutritional analysis bearing on the domestication of Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae)

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 435-455

  Marr, Kendrick L ^a,b,c   Xia, Yong Mei ^b   Bhattarai, Nirmal K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^d Department of Plant Resources ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Bitter melon; China; Domestication; Ethnobotany; Laos; Momordica charantia; Morphometric; Nepal; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCURBITACEAE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 16244364832     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0435:AMANAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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