Morphological characterization of Mediterranean populations of Biserrula pelecinus L.

Plant Breeding

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-176

  Loi, A ^a   Cocks, P S ^a   Howieson, J G ^a,b   Carr, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Agriculture WA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biserrula pelecinus; Hard seededness; Mediterranean pasture legumes; Morphological characterization

Indexed keywords

BISERRULA; BISERRULA PELECINUS; ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS; PELECINUS;

EID: 0030798126     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1997.tb02173.x     Document Type: Article

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