Diversity in swordbean (Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.) collected from Tamil Nadu, India

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Vadivel, V ^a   Janardhanan, K ^a   Vijayakumari, K ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobotanical characters; Canavalia gladiata; Diversity

Indexed keywords

CANAVALIA GLADIATA;

EID: 0031951512     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008638101502     Document Type: Article

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