Genetic diversity in watermelon cultivars and related species based on AFLPs and EST-SSRs

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-292

  Hwang, Jihyun ^a   Kang, Jumsoon ^a   Son, Byeonggu ^a   Kim, Kwanghwan ^a   Park, Younghoon ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cucurbitaceae; DNA fingerprinting; Genetic relationship; Molecular marker

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655190385     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15835/nbha3926382     Document Type: Article

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