Genetic diversity in yam germplasm from Ethiopia and their relatedness to the main cultivated dioscorea species assessed by AFLP markers

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1744-1753

  Tamiru, Muluneh ^a,b   Becker, Heiko C ^a   Maass, Brigitte L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA;

EID: 34547566251     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2006.11.0719     Document Type: Article

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