Genetic diversity assessment of sesame core collection in China by phenotype and molecular markers and extraction of a mini-core collection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sesame (<it>Sesamum indicum</it> L.) is one of the four major oil crops in China. A sesame core collection (CC) was established in China in 2000, but no complete study on its genetic diversity has been carried out at eith...

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Main Authors: Zhang Yanxin, Zhang Xiurong, Che Zhuo, Wang Linhai, Wei Wenliang, Li Donghua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Genetics
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/13/102