Chromosome doubling induces apomixis in a cassava × Manihot anomala hybrid

Hereditas

Volumn 143, Issue 2006, 2006, Pages 246-248

  Nassar, Nagib M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CHROMOSOME DOUBLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; PROGENY; SHOOT GROWTH; TETRAPLOIDY;

CHIMERA; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIPLOIDY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MANIHOT; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 34248139748     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: 16015223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0018-0661.01957.x     Document Type: Article

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