Increasing 2n gamete production in diploid alfalfa by cycles of phenotypic recurrent selection

Euphytica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Calderini, O ^a   Mariani, A ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

2n gametes; alfalfa; bilateral sexual polyploidization; Medicago sativa; phenotypic recurrent selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031058272     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002978405500     Document Type: Article

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