Variation for yield, water-use efficiency, and canopy morphology among nine alfalfa germplasms

Crop Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1386-1390

  Ray, Ian M ^a   Townsend, M Shaun ^a   Henning, John A ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GERMPLASM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0031670465     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1998.0011183X003800050038x     Document Type: Article

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