Ploidy level studies on the Dioscorea cayenensis/Dioscorea rotundata complex core set

Euphytica

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-326

  Obidiegwu, J ^a,b,c   Loureiro, J ^d,f   Ene Obong, E ^b   Rodriguez, E ^d   Kolesnikova Allen, M ^e   Santos, C ^d   Muoneke, C ^b   Asiedu, R ^a  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture c/o L W Lambourn and Co ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c National Root Crops Research Institute   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Breeding; Dioscorea cayenensis D. rotundata; Flow cytometry; Genetic resources; Germplasm; Ploidy level

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA;

EID: 70349448378     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-9960-1     Document Type: Article

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