Cytogeography of Cenchrus ciliaris (Poaceae) in Tunisia

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-113

  Kharrat Souissi, Amina ^a   Siljak Yakovlev, Sonja ^b   Brown, Spencer C ^c   Chaieb, Mohamed ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Buffelgrass; C value; Cytogenetics; Flow cytometry; Monoploid genome size; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CHROMOSOME; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; GRASS; HYBRIDIZATION; PERENNIAL PLANT;

TUNISIA;

CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM CILIARE; POACEAE;

EID: 84875387620     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-012-9137-x     Document Type: Article

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