Heritability of components of a simple physiological model for yield in groundnut under semiarid rainfed conditions

Field Crops Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-33

  Ntare, B R ^a   Williams, J H ^b  

^a ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; Breeding; Groundnut; Heritability; Peanut; Selection

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 0031814570     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(98)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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