Production and identification of colchicine-derived tetraploid vaccinium darrowii and its use in breeding

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-363

  Chavez, Dario J ^a   Lyrene, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Darrow's evergreen blueberry; Polyploidy; Unreduced gametes; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM DARROWII; VACCINIUM MYRSINITES;

EID: 69549095938     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.134.3.356     Document Type: Article

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