Genetic improvement of soybean varieties released in India from 1969 to 1993

Euphytica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-103

  Karmakar, P G ^a   Bhatnagar, P S ^a  

^a National Research Centre for Soybean India   (India)

Author keywords

biomass; Glycine max; harvest index; India; selection cycle; soybean; variety development; yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029844629     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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