The Corsican citron melon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. et Nakai subsp. lanatus var. citroides (Bailey) Mansf. ex Greb.) a traditional and neglected crop

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 913-916

  Laghetti, Gaetano ^a   Hammer, Karl ^b  

^a Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural biodiversity; Citron melon; Citrullus lanatus; Collecting; Corsica; Crop genetic resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; DICOTYLEDON; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC RESOURCE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. CITROIDES; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CITRUS MEDICA; CUCUMIS;

EID: 34447317834     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-007-9220-y     Document Type: Article

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