Differences in tolerance to infertile acid soil stress among germplasm accessions and genetic recombinants of the tropical forage grass genus, Brachiaria

Field Crops Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-52

  Rao, I M ^a   Miles, J W ^a   Granobles, J C ^a  

^a Ctro Internacional Agric Trop C   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Forage yield; Leaf area; Nutrient uptake; Oxisol; Plant attributes

Indexed keywords

ACID; BREEDING METHODS; FERTILITY; FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; INBRED LINE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; SHOOT; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; TOLERANCE;

COLOMBIA;

BRACHIARIA;

EID: 0031708942     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(98)00106-3     Document Type: Article

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