Breeding objectives and selection criteria for milk thistle [silybum marianum (L.) gaertn.] improvement

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 340-347

  Alemardan, Ali ^a   Karkanis, Anestis ^b   Salehi, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Achene shedding; Breeding approaches; Selection criteria; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891101954     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15835/nbha4129298     Document Type: Article

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