The dominant Ms allele in onion shows reduced penetrance

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-52

  Melgar, Sergio ^a,b   Havey, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Cytoplasmic male sterility; Nuclear male fertility restoration

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 77949550134     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.135.1.49     Document Type: Article

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