Morphological variability of Mauritanian date-palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars as revealed by vegetative traits

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-90

  Salem, Ali Ould Mohamed ^a,b   Rhouma, Soumaya ^b   Zehdi, Salwa ^b   Marrakchi, Mohamed ^b   Trifi, Mokhtar ^b  

^a University of Nouakchott El Asriya   (Mauritania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cultivar; Morphology; Phoenix dactylifera; Variation

Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 43649099481     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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