Morphological diversity of Kenyan papaya germplasm

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 8754-8762

  Asudi, G O ^a   Ombwara, F K ^a   Rimberia, F K ^a   Nyende, A B ^a   Ateka, E M ^a   Wamocho, L S ^b   Shitanda, D ^a   Onyango, A ^a  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Germplasm; Kenya; Morphological characterization; Papaya

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FLOWER COLOR; FRUIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMPLASM; KENYA; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TREE;

CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 78650558318     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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