First karyotype, DNA C-value and AT/GC base composition of macaw palm (Acrocomia aculeata, Arecaceae) a promising plant for biodiesel production

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-155

  Abreu, Isabella Santiago ^a   Carvalho, Carlos Roberto ^a   Carvalho, Guilherme Mendes Almeida ^a   Motoike, Sérgio Yoshimitsu ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOFUEL; CHROMOSOME; CROP PLANT; CYTOGENETICS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; MONOCOTYLEDON; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ACROCOMIA ACULEATA; ARECACEAE;

EID: 79953301349     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT10245     Document Type: Article

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