The effects of seed size on Hybrids formed between Oilseed rape (Brassica Napus) and wild brown mustard (B. Juncea)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Yong bo ^a,b,d   Tang, Zhi xi ^a   Darmency, Henri ^b   Stewart, C Neal ^c   Di, Kun ^a,e   Wei, Wei ^a   Ma, Ke ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRASSICA JUNCEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FLOWERING; GENE FLOW; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT GROWTH; RAPESEED; SEED MORPHOLOGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; SEED WEIGHT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD PLANT;

EID: 84862671757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039705     Document Type: Article

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