Ancient Chinese literature reveals pathways of eggplant domestication

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 891-897

  Wang, Jin Xiu ^a   Gao, Tian Gang ^a   Knapp, Sandra ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient Chinese literature; Domestication process; Domestication traits; Selective forces; Solanum melongena

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; FRUIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CROP; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; LITERATURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; LITERATURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 56449129242     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn179     Document Type: Article

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