Variability in the pod and seed parameters and nuclear DNA content of Tunisian populations of Ceratonia siliqua L.

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-81

  El Ferchichi Ouarda, H ^a   Naghmouchi, S ^b   Walker, D J ^c   Correal, E ^c   Boussaid M ^b   Larbi Khouja, M ^d  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Carob tree; Genome size; Pod morphology; Seed viability; Seed weight

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; DNA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; LEGUME; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SEMIARID REGION;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

CERATONIA SILIQUA;

EID: 48449105417     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9135-4     Document Type: Article

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