Seedling date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) as genetic resources

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 809-830

  Johnson, D V ^a   Al Khayri, J M ^b   Jain, S M ^c  

^a King Faisal University ^*  (United States)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Artificial ripening; Cultivar; Ethnovariety; Germplasm; Khalt; Mexico; Offshoot; Peru; Spain; USA

Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 84886504377     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v25i11.16497     Document Type: Review

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