Geographical patterns of morphological variation in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) germplasm from Ethiopia and Eritrea: Qualitative characters

Hereditas

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-205

  Ayana, Amsalu ^a,b   Bekele, Endashaw ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SORGHUM;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0032407148     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1998.t01-1-00195.x     Document Type: Article

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