Chinese melon (Cucumis melo L.) diversity analyses provide strategies for germplasm curation, genetic improvement, and evidentiary support of domestication patterns

Euphytica

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 445-461

  Luan, Feishi ^a   Delannay, Isabelle ^b   Staub, Jack E ^b  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic similarity; Morphological traits; Multivariate analysis; RAPD

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 53249154658     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-008-9699-0     Document Type: Article

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