Biodiversity of date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in Sudan: Chemical, morphological and DNA polymorphisms of selected cultivars

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-203

  Elshibli, Sakina ^a   Korpelainen, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; PORPHYRA;

EID: 68349130428     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262108197489     Document Type: Article

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