Ploidy and cultivar group differences in the thousand-seed weight of red fescue (Festuca rubra L.)

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 465-467

  Fairey, N A ^a   Lefkovitch, L P ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Central Experimental Farm ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Festuca rubra L.; ploidy; Red fescue; seed quality; seed weight

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 0029824510     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjps96-082     Document Type: Article

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