Average packing ratio as a parameter for analyzing the karyotypes of dioecious cucurbits

Caryologia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-120

  Guha, Anupam ^a   Sinha, Rabindra Kumar ^a   Sinha, Sangram ^a  

^a TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Average Paking Ratio; Coccinia indica; Dioecius; Karyotype; Trichosanthes dioica

Indexed keywords

COCCINIA GRANDIS; TRICHOSANTHES; TRICHOSANTHES DIOICA;

EID: 36248951876     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2004.10589379     Document Type: Article

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