Recurrent backcross: A method for transferring erucic acid allele into brassica oilseed cultivars, B. campestris L. yellow sarson as an example

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-73

  Rahman, M Habibur ^a   Stølen, Olav ^a   Sørensen, Hilmer ^a   Rahman, Lutfur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Brassica campestris; Erucic acid; Flower colour; Recurrent backcross; Seed coat colour; Yellow Sarson

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA SPP.;

EID: 0030021383     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064719609410948     Document Type: Article

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