Systematics and taxonomic delimitation of vegetable, grain and weed amaranths: A morphological and biochemical approach

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-303

  Das, Saubhik ^a  

^a HOOGHLY MOHSIN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Amaranthus; Isozyme polymorphism; Morphology; Phenolic chromatogram; Species interrelationship

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP; CULTIVAR; DOMESTICATION; HERB; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; OUTCROSSING; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TAXONOMY; VEGETABLE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WEED;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS;

EID: 84856701882     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-011-9684-7     Document Type: Article

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