Genetic and morphological variation in breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis (Park.) Fosberg) in the Western Ghats of India using AFLP markers

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1659-1665

  Sreekumar, V B ^a,b   Binoy, A M ^a   George, Sarah T ^a  

^a KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Centre for Research in Indigenous Knowledge Science and Culture   (India)

Author keywords

AFLP; Artocarpus altilis (Park.) Fosberg; Dollo parsimony tree; PCO analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS;

EID: 36448988953     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-007-9282-x     Document Type: Article

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