A preliminary germplasm evaluation of onion landraces from West Africa

Genome

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1128-1132

  Rouamba, A ^a   Robert, T ^b   Sarr, A ^b   Ricroch, A ^b,c  

^a Inst l'Environnement Rech A   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Lab of Plant Physiology   (France)

Author keywords

Allium cepa L.; Diversity; Genetic resources; Onion

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0030391729     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g96-142     Document Type: Article

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