Confirmation of 'Medjool' date as a landrace variety through genetic analysis of 'Medjool' accessions in Morocco

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-407

  Elhoumaizi, Mohammed Aziz ^a   Devanand, Panchanoor S ^b,c   Fang, Jinggui ^b   Chao, Chih Cheng T ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 33744951892     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.131.3.403     Document Type: Article

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