Use of multivariate analysis to assess phenotypic diversity of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-371

  Mohamed Ahmed, Mohamed Vall O ^a,b   Bouna, Zein Elabidine O ^a   Mohamed Lemine, Fouteye M ^a   Djeh, Taleb Khyar O ^a   Mokhtar, Trifi ^b   Mohamed Salem, Ali O ^a  

^a France   (Mauritania)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cultivars; Date palm; Diversity; Mauritania; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEED SIZE;

MAURITANIA;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 78650210436     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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