Segregations for onion bulb colors reveal that red is controlled by at least three loci

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-47

  Khar, Anil ^a,b   Jakse, Jernej ^a,c   Havey, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b National Research Centre for Onion and Garlic   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Complementary genes; Seed color

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 37849000818     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.133.1.42     Document Type: Article

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