Genetic diversity in wild Tunisian populations of Mentha pulegium L. (Lamiaceae)

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-321

  Fadhel, Najeh Ben ^a   Boussaïd, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Allozyme variation; Genetic diversity; Lamiaceae; Mentha pulegium; Population differentiation; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENTHA; MENTHA PULEGIUM;

EID: 3242878240     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GRES.0000024016.13743.8b     Document Type: Article

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