Detection and characterization of caffeine-less tea plants originated from interspecific hybridization

Breeding Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-283

  Ogino, Akiko ^a   Tanaka, Junichi ^a   Taniguchi, Fumiya ^a   Yamamoto, Masayuki P ^b   Yamada, Kyoji ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Caffeine less; Camellia sinensis; Camellia taliensis; Genetic resources; Interspecific crossing; Tea

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CAMELLIA TALIENSIS;

EID: 70349513925     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: 13473735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.59.277     Document Type: Article

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