Geographic variation in tetraploid wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. turgidum convar. durum) landraces from two provinces in Ethiopia

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 395-407

  Pecetti, Luciano ^a,b   Damania, Ardeshir B ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; genetic resources; germplasm evaluation; landraces; tetraploid wheat; Triticum turgidum ssp. turgidum conv. durum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029745016     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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