Genetic diversity within Chinese watermelon ecotypes compared with germplasm from other countries

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 144-152

  Sheng, Yunyan ^a,b   Luan, Feishi ^a   Zhang, Faxing ^a   Davis, Angela R ^c  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG BAYI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Harris Moran Seed Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Genetic relationship; Molecular markers; Morphological traits; SSR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862728886     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.137.3.144     Document Type: Article

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