Response to divergent selection for stolon characters in white clover (Trifolium repens)

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-285

  Collins, R P ^a   Abberton, M T ^a   Michaelson Yeates, T P T ^a   Rhodes, I ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0030830904     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859697004796     Document Type: Article

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