Genome size analysis of weedy Amaranthus species

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2557-2562

  Rayburn, A Lane ^a   McCloskey, R ^a   Tatum, Tatiana C ^a   Bollero, German A ^a   Jeschke, Mark R ^a   Tranel, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS PALMERI; AMARANTHUS TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 27644467459     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.0163     Document Type: Article

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