Assessment of genetic diversity for some Iraqi date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) markers

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 9570-9576

  Khierallah, H ^a   Bader, S ^b   Baum, M ^c   Hamwieh, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE   (Iraq)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) polymorphisms; Genetic diversity; Molecular characterization; Phoenix dactylifera L

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMPLASM; IRAQ; NONHUMAN; PALM TREE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREE; VARIETAS;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 80052182586     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.055     Document Type: Article

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