Cytogenetics of Festulolium (Festuca x Lolium hybrids)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 370-383

  Kopecky D ^a   Lukaszewski, A J ^b   Dolezel J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CULTIVAR; CYTOGENETICS; FESCUE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRASS; HYBRID; KARYOTYPE; LOLIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BREEDING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CYTOGENETICS; FESTUCA; GENOME, PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LOLIUM; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLOIDIES;

FESTUCA; FESTUCA X LOLIUM; FESTULOLIUM; LOLIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 44349193476     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121086     Document Type: Review

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