Spanish melons (Cucumis melo L.) of the Madrid provenance: A unique germplasm reservoir

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-373

  Escribano, Sandra ^a   Lázaro, Almudena ^a   Cuevas, Hugo E ^b   López Sesé, Ana I ^c   Staub, Jack E ^b,d  

^a IMIDRA (Madrilean Research Institute for Rural Development Agriculture and Food)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d USDA ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Exotic germplasm; Genetic distance; Market class; Molecular markers; SSRs

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FRUIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; INTROGRESSION; MARKET SYSTEM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 85027923715     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-011-9687-4     Document Type: Article

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