Exploitation of wild Cicer species for yield improvement in chickpea

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 418-423

  Singh, K B ^a   Ocampo, B ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Chickpea; Cicer arietinum; Interspecific cross; Introgression of genes; Wild Cicer species; Yield

Indexed keywords

CICER;

EID: 0030868060     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050578     Document Type: Article

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