Assessment of diversity using agro-morphological traits for selecting a core sample of Papua New Guinea taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) collection

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 671-678

  Okpul, T ^a   Singh, D ^a   Gunua, T ^a   Wagih, M E ^b  

^a National Agricultural Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Colocasia esculenta; Core sample; Genetic diversity; Germplasm; Multivariate analysis; Taro

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; OCEANIA;

EID: 3442877622     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GRES.0000024656.41571.09     Document Type: Article

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