Population structure in diverse pepper (Capsicum spp.) accessions

Jack McCoy1, Natalia Martínez-Ainsworth2, Vivian Bernau3

  • 1Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

BMC Research Notes
|February 25, 2023
PubMed
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