Breeding Roses for Disease Resistance

Plant Breeding Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2009, Pages 277-324

  Whitaker, Vance M ^a   Hokanson, Stan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding roses for disease resistance Rosa hybrida L., Rosaceae, famous ornamental plant; Disease susceptibility of cultivated rose making host resistance a worthy breeding goal; Molecular tools markers and mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849128581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470593783.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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