Evaluation of selected European chestnut (Castanea sativa) provenances - I: Inter-provenance genetic variation

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 866, Issue , 2010, Pages 203-213

  Tchatchoua, D T ^a   Aravanopoulos, F A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Growth traits; Provenance; Survival

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 77957198076     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.866.24     Document Type: Article

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