A molecular identification protocol for roots of boreal forest tree species 1

Applications in Plant Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Randall, Morgan J ^a,b   Karst, Justine ^b   Pec, Gregory J ^b   Davis, Corey S ^b   Hall, Jocelyn C ^b   Cahill, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal forest; FAFLP; molecular identification; roots; trnL intron; trnT TrnL intergenic spacer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928911866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/apps.1400069     Document Type: Article

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