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Genetic diversity amongst landraces of a dioecious vegetatively propagated plant, betelvine (Piper betle L.).
Journal of biosciences - 1 Sept 2004
Verma Anjali, Kumar Nikhil, Ranade S A
Abstract excerpt
Betelvine (Piper betle L., family Piperaceae) is an important, traditional and widely cultivated crop of India. The cultivators and consumers recognize more than 100 cultivars (landraces) based on regional and organoleptic considerations, while in terms of phytochemical constituents only five groups have been identified for all the landraces. Since betelvine is an obligate vegetatively propagated species, genomic...
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