The occurrence of Eleusine africana Kennedy O'Byrne in India and its significance in the origin of Eleusine coracana.

Autor: Dixit, Aruna, Dixit, Sushil, Vishnu-Mittre
Zdroj: Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Plant Sciences; Feb1987, Vol. 97 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p
Abstrakt: This study reports the occurrence of Eleusine africana Kennedy O'Byrne for the first time in India. This wild taxon is believed to be the putative parent of the cultivar Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Eleusine africana has been repeatedly considered by earlier workers to be non-existent in India. Its identity has been established by morphological, cytological, statistical and scanning electron microscopic studies. The discovery of Eleusine africana has led to various possibilities regarding the origin of Eleusine coracana. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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