Combining ability of biomass and harvest index under short- and long-day conditions in groundnut

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-244

  Dwivedi, S L ^a   Nigam, S N ^a   Chandra, S ^a   Ramraj, V M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; Biomass; Combining ability; Harvest index; Peanut; Short and long day

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBINING ABILITY; GENETIC CROSS; GENOTYPE; MODEL; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT BREEDING;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 0032425870     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1998.tb05824.x     Document Type: Article

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