Guiding marks on stability and genotype-environment interaction in plant breeding;Points de repere dans l'analyse de la stablilte et de l'interaction genotype-milieu en amelioration des plantes

Agronomie

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 219-246

  Brancourt Hulmel, M ^a   Biarnes Dumoulin V ^a   Denis, J B ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Genotype environment interaction; Plant Breeding; Stability

Indexed keywords

AMMI; AMMI VISNAGA;

EID: 0030836561     PISSN: 02495627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:19970403     Document Type: Article

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