CIMMYT's approach to breeding for wide adaptation

Euphytica

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 175-183

  Braun, Hans Joachim ^a   Rajaram, Sanjaya ^b   Van Ginkel, Maarten ^a  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre CIMMYT   (Turkey)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

adaptation; durable resistance; N use efficiency; stability; Triticum aestivum; wheat; yieldpotential

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030443181     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00022843     Document Type: Article

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