Low-oxalate spinach mutant induced by chemical mutagenesis

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-184

  Murakami, Kenji ^a   Edamoto, Masaki ^a,b   Hata, Naoki ^a,c   Itami, Yoshimi ^a   Masuda, Masaharu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hyponex Japan Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

'Nitrate; EMS; Gynomonoecious; Mutant; Shin Nippon'

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 65649116182     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.78.180     Document Type: Article

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