Assessment of the elite accessions of bael [Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr.] in Sri Lanka based on morphometric, organoleptic, and elemental properties of the fruits and phylogenetic relationships

• Chamila Kumari Pathirana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Lahiru Thilanka Ranaweera,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Terrence Madhujith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Kalyani Weerasinghe Ketipearachchi,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Fruit Crop Research and Development Station, Gannoruwa, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Kumar Lakshman Gamlath,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Fruit Crop Research and Development Station, Gannoruwa, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Janakie Prasanthika Eeswara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Suneth Sithumini Sooriyapathirana

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing - Original Draft, Writing - Review & Editing

  * E-mail: sunethuop@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5592-1742

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