Analysis of genetic diversity in colonial bentgrass (Agrostis capillaris L.) using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Rajasekar, Shanmugam ^a   Fei, Shui Zhang ^a   Christians, Nick E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrostis capillaris; Bentgrasses; DNA markers; PCA; Turfgrass; UPGMA

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; NATIVE SPECIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELATEDNESS;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; ROMANIA; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; POACEAE;

EID: 33846289610     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-005-1883-7     Document Type: Article

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