Fruit characters among apomicts and sexual progeny of a cross of the Texas native Opuntia lindheimerii (1250) with a commercial fruit type Opuntia ficus-indica (1281)

Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages 48-66

  Felker, Peter ^a   Zapata, R ^b   Wang, X ^c   Medina, Diego ^d   Bunch, Ronald ^a   Paterson, Andrew ^e  

^a D'Arrigo Bros   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; DNA; Genetics; Seeds; Soluble solids

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 77955120853     PISSN: 19386648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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