Ploidy level and DNA content of perennial ryegrass germplasm as determined by flow cytometry

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2049-2052

  Wang, Ying ^a   Bigelow, Cale A ^a   Jiang, Yiwei ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accession; Diploid; Lolium perenne L.; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE; METYNNIS ARGENTEUS; POACEAE;

EID: 72849138517     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.7.2049     Document Type: Article

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