Phenotypic and molecular diversity among landraces of snapmelon (Cucumis melo var. momordica) adapted to the hot and humid tropics of eastern India

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-300

  Dhillon, N P S ^a,b   Singh, Jugpreet ^a   Fergany, Mohamed ^b   Monforte, Antonio J ^b,c   Sureja, A K ^d  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^d CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acidity; CMV resistance; Genetic resources; Germplasm management; Melon; SSRs

Indexed keywords

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; MOMORDICA;

EID: 75349094365     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262109990050     Document Type: Article

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