Response to selection for root dimension in a Mediterranean natural population of Lolium rigidum Gaud

Plant Breeding

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-66

  Bullitta, S ^a  

^a Ctro Pascoli Mediterranei Cons N   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lolium rigidum; performance; phenotypic recurrent selection; root morphology

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM RIGIDUM;

EID: 0030452810     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1996.tb00872.x     Document Type: Article

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