High level of genetic diversity among the selected accessions of tea (Camellia sinensis) from abandoned tea gardens in western Himalaya

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 810-819

  Karthigeyan, S ^a   Rajkumar, S ^a   Sharma, R K ^a   Gulati, Ashu ^a   Sud, R K ^a   Ahuja, P S ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

AFLP; Catechin; China cultivar type; Leaf morphology; Tea germplasm; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMPLASM; HYDROXYLATION; PLANT AND FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; PLANT LEAVES;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 55549143979     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-008-9195-1     Document Type: Article

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