Morphological and allozyme variation in a collection of Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin (Cucurbitaceae) from Côte d'Ivoire

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 777-789

  Koffi, Kouamé K ^a   Gbotto, Ahou A ^a   Malice, Marie ^b   Djè, Yao ^a   Bertin, Pierre ^c   Baudoin, Jean Pierre ^b   Zoro Bi, Irié A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cucumeropsis mannii; Cucurbit; Cultivar identification; Isozyme variation; Morphological variability

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CUCUMEROPSIS MANNII; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE;

EID: 55349107216     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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