Variation in fruit and seed size from 38 wild populations of Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae) from Central Valley, Costa Rica [Spanish with English abstract];Variación del tamaño de frutos y semillas en 38 poblaciones silvestres de Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae) del Valle Central de Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 707-724

  Vargas, Elida M ^a   Castro, Emilio ^a   Macaya, Gabriel ^a   Rocha, Oscar J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Gene pool; Genetic diversity in situ conservation Leguminosae; Lima beans; Mesoamerica; Morphological variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAN; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

COSTA RICA; FRUIT; PHASEOLUS; SEEDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FABACEAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS LUNATUS;

EID: 1842833397     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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