CIMMYT's approach to breed for drought tolerance

Euphytica

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 147-153

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

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

^b CIMMYT   (Turkey)

Author keywords

breeding methodology; drought patterns; input efficiency; Triticumaestivum; wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030457739     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00022840     Document Type: Article

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