The evolution of chili peppers (Capsicum -Solanaceae): A cytogenetic perspective

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 745, Issue , 2007, Pages 137-169

  Moscone, Eduardo A ^a   Scaldaferro, Marisel A ^a   Grabiele, Mauro ^a   Cecchini, Nicolás M ^a   García, Ysbelia Sánchez ^b   Jarret, Robert ^c   Daviña, Julio R ^d   Ducasse, Daniel A ^e   Barboza, Gloria E ^a   Ehrendorfer, Friedrich ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Active nucleolus organizing regions; Chromosome numbers; FISH; Fluorescent chromosome banding; Karyotypes; Nuclear DNA amounts; Telomeric sequence

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOPODIUM; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM BACCATUM; CAPSICUM CHACOENSE; CAPSICUM CHINENSE; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CAPSICUM PUBESCENS; CAPSICUM TOVARII; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 53849091429     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2007.745.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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