Wild Pepper Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum: Taxonomy, plant morphology, distribution, genetic diversity, genome sequencing, and phytochemical compounds

Crop Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Hayano Kanashiro, Corina ^a   Gámez Meza, Nohemí ^a   Medina Juárez, Luis Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

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EID: 84952789667     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2014.11.0789     Document Type: Review

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