Monoecy and gynomonoecy in Spinacia oleracea L.: Morphological and genetic analyses

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-269

  Onodera, Yasuyuki ^a   Yonaha, Itaru ^a   Niikura, Satoshi ^b   Yamazaki, Seishi ^b   Mikami, Tetsuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tohoku Seed Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioecy; F1 hybrid; Monoecy; Sex expression; Spinach

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MONOECY; MORPHOLOGY;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 50249177583     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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