Comparative morphometric study and relationships between the Caucasian species of wild pear (Pyrus spp.) and local cultivars in Georgia

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 974-986

  Asanidze, Zezva ^a   Akhalkatsi, Maia ^a   Gvritishvili, Mirian ^b  

^a ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Domestication; Georgia; Pear cultivars; Pyrus caucasica; Pyrus spp.

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVAR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOMESTICATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORPHOMETRY; NATIVE SPECIES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHRUB; TAXONOMY; WILD POPULATION;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

PYRUS; PYRUS CAUCASICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS PYRASTER; PYRUS SALICIFOLIA; PYRUS SYRIACA;

EID: 80455174711     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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