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Genetic variation, heritability and genotype by environment interaction of morphological traits in a tetraploid rose population.
BMC genetics - 20 Dec 2014
Gitonga Virginia W, Koning-Boucoiran Carole F S, Verlinden Kathryn, Dolstra Oene, Visser Richard G F, Maliepaard Chris, Krens Frans A
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BACKGROUND: Global trade has ensured that the ornamental horticulture continues to grow worldwide, with rose hybrids being the most economically important genus (Rosa x hybrida). Due to changes in global trade and an increase in energy costs the ornamental industry has seen a shift in the production and sale of flowers from the US and Europe alone to production in Africa and Latin America. As Kenya is a major...
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