Diversity analysis of Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne ssp. raddiana (Savi) Brenan (Mimosaceae) using phenotypic traits, chromosome counting and DNA content approaches

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1001-1010

  El Ferchichi Ouarda, Héla ^a,c   Walker, David J ^b   Khouja, Mohamed Larbi ^c   Correal, Enrique ^b  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acacia tortilis; Chromosome number; Flow cytometry; Intraspecific variation; Ploidy level; Subspecies; Tunisia; Ziambabwe

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VARIATION; LEGUME; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; PIONEER SPECIES; SUBSPECIES; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ACACIA; ACACIA TORTILIS; FABACEAE; MIMOSOIDEAE;

EID: 70549109938     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9418-2     Document Type: Article

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