A comparative analysis of genetic variation in rootstocks and scions of old olive trees - a window into the history of olive cultivation practices and past genetic variation

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Barazani, Oz ^a   Westberg, Erik ^b   Hanin, Nir ^a   Dag, Arnon ^a   Kerem, Zohar ^c   Tugendhaft, Yizhar ^a,c   Hmidat, Mohammed ^d   Hijawi, Thameen ^d   Kadereit, Joachim W ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d Integrated Rural Development (AIRD) Ramallah   (Israel)

Author keywords

Domestication; Grafting; Microsatellites; Olive cultivars; Propagation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; ISRAEL; OLIVE TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TREE;

ALLELES; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; ISRAEL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OLEA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TREES;

EID: 84902084172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-146     Document Type: Article

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