Genetic diversity, seed traits and salinity tolerance of Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi, a biodiesel tree

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 677-692

  Arpiwi, Ni Luh ^a,b   Yan, Guijun ^a   Barbour, Elizabeth L ^a,c   Plummer, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c Forest Products Commission of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatty acid composition; Genetic resources; ITS region; Millettia pinnata; Oil content; Pongamia; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LEGUME; OIL; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEED; TREE; WATERLOGGING;

MILLETTIA; PONGAMIA;

EID: 84873522818     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-012-9866-y     Document Type: Article

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