Evaluation of genetic diversity of Iranian pomegranate cultivars using fruit morphological characteristics and AFLP markers

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 261-268

  Nemati, Zahra ^a   Tehranifar, Ali ^a   Farsi, Mohammad ^a   Kakhki, Amin Mirshamsi ^a   Nemati, Hossein ^a   Khayat, Mehdi ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

AFLPs; Fruit characteristics; Genetic diversity; Iranian pomegranate; Markers

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 84861385281     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15835/nbha4017369     Document Type: Article

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