Genetic diversity in hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) cultivars from Black Sea countries assessed using SSR markers

Plant Breeding

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 422-434

  Gurcan K ^a,c   Mehlenbacher, S A ^a   Erdogan V ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corylus avellana; Filbert; Genetic diversity; Hazelnut; Microsatellite markers; Principal component analysis; SSR markers

Indexed keywords

CORYLUS; CORYLUS AVELLANA;

EID: 77958160300     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2009.01753.x     Document Type: Article

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