Genetic relationships and genotype tracing in date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in Oman, based on microsatellite markers

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-72

  Al Ruqaishi, Ishaq Ahmed ^a   Davey, Michael ^a   Alderson, Peter ^b   Mayes, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Date palm; Diversity; Fingerprinting; Microsatellites; Oman; Phoenix dactylifera

Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 49149105446     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262108923820     Document Type: Article

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