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DNA fingerprinting of Chinese melon provides evidentiary support of seed quality appraisal.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Gao Peng, Ma Hongyan, Luan Feishi, Song Haibin
Abstract excerpt
Melon, Cucumis melo L. is an important vegetable crop worldwide. At present, there are phenomena of homonyms and synonyms present in the melon seed markets of China, which could cause variety authenticity issues influencing the process of melon breeding, production, marketing and other aspects. Molecular markers, especially microsatellites or simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are playing increasingly important roles...
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