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Genetic diversity in local and commercial dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) accessions based on microsatellite markers.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 1 Feb 2011
Cabral P D S, Soares T C B, Lima A B P, de Miranda F D, Souza F B, Gonçalves L S A
Abstract excerpt
Dry beans are considered to be a crop of great socio-economic importance, because they are an inexpensive source of nutrients and because their cultivation requires considerable manual labor. Studies of genetic diversity have been very important for genetic improvement programs, because they give parameters for the identification of genitors that can provide large heterosis effects and improved segregation in...
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