Taxonomic relationships of a rare Cucumis species (C. hystrix Chakr.) and its interspecific hybrid with cucumber

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 571-574

  Zhuang, Fei Yun ^a   Chen, Jin Feng ^a   Staub, Jack E ^b   Qian, Chun Tao ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis hystrix; Cucumis xhytivus; Jaccard's coefficient; RAPD markerss; Taxonomy; UPGMA

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; CULTIVATION; DNA; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MORPHOLOGY;

CUCUMIS HYSTRIX; CUCUMIS XHYTIVUS; JACCARD'S COEFFICIENT; RAPD MARKERS; UPGMA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANATOMY; CHROMOSOMES; CULTIVATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; TAXONOMY;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS HYSTRIX; CUCUMIS HYTIVUS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; MELO;

EID: 33646448603     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.3.571     Document Type: Article

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