The effect of autopolyploidy on biomass production in homozygous lines of Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea

Plant Breeding

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 642-643

  Abel, S ^a   Becker, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autotetraploids; Dry matter content; Gigas effect; Ploidy level; Vegetative biomass

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 36349033432     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2007.01405.x     Document Type: Article

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