Article
Cotton Genetic Resources in the Western States of Mexico: In situ Conservation Status and Germplasm Collection for ex situ Preservation
2006-06-01
Abstract excerpt
The Gossypium hirsutum gene pool from Mexico is one of the primary sources for improvement of most of the Acala and Upland cotton growing in the world today. Mexico is also the center of diversity of the Gossypium genus with 11 of the 13 known diploid Gossypium species of the Western Hemisphere endemic to its boundaries. In 2002 and 2003, the current status of these important genetic resources was surveyed, and ge...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 807d364d-a5fd-5270-bb59-c35d1cdf22f8
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10722-004-2988-0
