Interspecific hybrids betweenAllium fistulosumandAllium schoenoprasumreveal carotene-rich phenotype

Euphytica

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-301

  Umehara, Mikihisa ^a   Sueyoshi, Takayuki ^a   Shimomura, Katsumi ^a   Iwai, Masatoshi ^b   Shigyo, Masayoshi ^b   Hirashima, Keita ^a   Nakahara, Takao ^a  

^a FUKUOKA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allium fistulosum L.; Allium schoenoprasum L.; Carotenoid; Interspecific hybrid; Ovary culture

Indexed keywords

SCHOENOPRASUM; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 33745215159     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-005-9029-8     Document Type: Article

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