Effect of selection for pollen grain size on various traits in common bean

Euphytica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-63

  Montes R, Consuelo ^a   White, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

common bean; gametophyte; Phaseolus vulgaris; pollen grain size; seed size; selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029826097     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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