Proposed ecological descriptors and their utility for plant germplasm collections

Crop Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 439-451

  Steiner, J J ^a   Greene, S L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOTUS CORNICULATUS; ORNITHOPUS PERPUSILLUS;

EID: 0000778046     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183X003600020037x     Document Type: Article

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