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First use of microsatellite markers in a large collection of cultivated and wild accessions of tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray).
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Oct 2012
Blair Matthew W, Pantoja Wilfredo, Carmenza Muñoz L
Abstract excerpt
Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray) is a dry-land crop species that originated in the deserts of Mexico and the south-western United States and therefore is proposed as a source of drought and salt tolerance for related species and for production in marginal rainfall areas. Few genetic tools have been developed or tested for tepary bean but microsatellites from common bean are an obvious choice for...
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