Genetic variation within eight populations of perennial forage grasses

Plant Breeding

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-249

  Casler, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus inermis; Dactylis glomerata; Elytrigia x muctonata; Experimental design; Forage yield; Germplasm; Heritability; Hybrid wheatgrass; Orchardgrass; Smooth bromegrasss

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIANCE; GERMPLASM; HERITABILITY; HYBRID; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

BROMUS INERMIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DRECHSLERA; ELYTRIGIA;

EID: 0031868137     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1998.tb01933.x     Document Type: Article

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