Usefulness of WRKY gene-derived markers for assessing genetic population structure: An example with Florida coconut cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-26

  Mauro Herrera, Margarita ^a   Meerow, Alan W ^a   Borrone, James W ^a   Kuhn, David N ^a   Schnell, Raymond J ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coconut; Cocos nucifera; Genetic diversity; SNP; WRKY genes

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANGIOSPERM; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COCOS NUCIFERA;

EID: 36049047405     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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