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Genetic divergence among accessions of melon from traditional agriculture of the Brazilian Northeast.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 6 Dec 2013
Aragão F A S, Torres Filho J, Nunes G H S, Queiróz M A, Bordallo P N, Buso G S C, Ferreira M A, Costa Z P, Bezerra Neto F
Abstract excerpt
The genetic divergence of 38 melon accessions from traditional agriculture of the Brazilian Northeast and three commercial hybrids were evaluated using fruit descriptors and microsatellite markers. The melon germplasm belongs to the botanic varieties cantalupensis (19), momordica (7), conomon (4), and inodorus (3), and to eight genotypes that were identified only at the species level. The fruit descriptors...
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