Some aspects of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) diversity and domestication in Mesoamerica

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 441-450

  Galindo Tovar, María Elena ^a   Ogata Aguilar, Nisao ^a   Arzate Fernández, Amaury M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Genetic variability; History; Origin; Persea americana

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSION; DOMESTICATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MODELING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MESOAMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 42149170030     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-007-9250-5     Document Type: Article

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