Variability for quantitative traits in exotic hybrid germplasm of sugarcane

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 459-463

  Nair, N V ^a   Balakrishnan, R ^a   Sreenivasan, T V ^a  

^a SUGARCANE BREEDING INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Diversity; Factor analysis; Sugarcane; Variability

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GERMPLASM; MAURITIUS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PUERTO RICO; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SUCROSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031753898     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008696617524     Document Type: Article

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