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Morphological and genetic relationships between wild and domesticated forms of peppers (Capsicum frutescens L. and C. chinense Jacquin).
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 12 Sept 2014
Carvalho S I C, Ragassi C F, Bianchetti L B, Reifschneider F J B, Buso G S C, Faleiro F G
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Capsicum chinense and C. frutescens peppers are part of the Brazilian biodiversity, and the Amazon basin is the area of greatest diversity for them, especially for that former species. Nevertheless, little is known about their evolutionary history. Aiming to identify genotypes with wild and domesticated characteristics, 30 accessions of the germplasm bank of Embrapa were characterized using morphological...
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