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Natural hybridization between Gossypium mustelinum and exotic allotetraploid cotton species.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 30 Oct 2015
de Menezes I P P, da Silva J O, Malafaia G, Silveira R D D, Barroso P A V
Abstract excerpt
Cotton has been collected in Brazil for decades for its conservation, evaluation, and the use of its genetic resources. Gossypium mustelinum is an allotetraploid cotton species that only occurs in Brazil, and little is known about its genetic potential for improvement. However, the species is threatened by habitat fragmentation and interspecific hybridization with exotic species of cotton. In this study, we...
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