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Title: GENETIC DIVERSITY IN HYDRANGEA

Author
item Rinehart, Timothy - Tim
item Reed, Sandra

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/1/2003
Publication Date: 10/1/2003
Citation: Rinehart, T.A., Reed, S.M. 2003. Genetic diversity in hydrangea. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Horticulutral Field Day, MSU, Vol 31, pp 13. Meeting Abstract.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Since the extensive study by McClintock in 1957, few systematic studies have been devoted to Hydrangea, a woody genus containing ~26 species. A detailed understanding of the genus would enable breeding programs to explore the genetic diversity found in wild species.