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    Production and characterization of interspecific hybrids between Asparagus kiusianus Makino and A. officinalis L.

    Interspecific hybridization is a useful technique to introduce characteristics from wild species into crops. Garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis, 2n = 2x = 20) is an economically important vegetable that is n...

    Takuro Ito, Itaru Konno, Shosei Kubota, Toshinori Ochiai, Takahiro Sonoda in Euphytica (2011)

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    Sex distinction of asparagus by loop-mediated isothermal amplification and observation of seedling phenotypes

    Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is a dioecious plant. In general, male and female plants are used for open-field culture and intensive cultivation, respectively. Farmers distinguish between the sexes by obse...

    Yukie Shiobara, Mioko Yoshino, Atsuko Uragami, Ani Widiastuti, Akifumi Omori in Euphytica (2011)

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    Production and analysis of reciprocal hybrids between Asparagus officinalis L. and A. schoberioides Kunth

    The genus Asparagus (Asparagaceae) encompasses 100–300 species, including the important vegetable crop, A. officinalis (garden asparagus). Previous attempts to hybridize garden asparagus with A. densiflorus (Kunt...

    Takuro Ito, Toshinori Ochiai, Hiroki Ashizawa in Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2007)

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    Development of a rapid method for identifying asparagus super-males using, N-(4-chloro-2-trifluoromethylphenyl)-N'- propoxyacetamidine to induce flowering

    In order to shorten the term for the identification of asparagus super-maleplants, a method usingN-(4-chloro-2-trifluoromethylphenyl)-N'-pro-poxyacetamidine (AM12) toinduce flowering was developed. This method...

    Takahiro Sonoda, Hajime Iwamura, Atsuko Uragami, Masayuki Ohwada in Euphytica (2003)