Indirect selection for persistence and seed yield in large-leaved white clover

Plant Breeding

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 192-194

  Annicchiarico, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indirect selection; Persistence; Seed yield; Trifolium repens

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0030748527     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1997.tb02178.x     Document Type: Article

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