Longli is not a Hybrid of Longan and Lychee as Revealed by Genome Size Analysis and Trichome Morphology

Tropical Plant Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 228-236

  VanBuren, Robert ^a   Li, Jianguo ^b   Zee, Francis ^c   Zhu, Jianhua ^d   Liu, Chengming ^b   Arumuganathan, Aru K ^e   Ming, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

^e BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Intergeneric hybridization; Longli; Nuclear DNA content; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DIMOCARPUS; DIMOCARPUS CONFINIS; DIMOCARPUS LONGAN; LITCHI CHINENSIS; NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 82355190046     PISSN: 19359756     EISSN: 19359764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12042-011-9084-3     Document Type: Article

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