Breeding long coleoptile, reduced height wheats

Euphytica

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-168

  Rebetzke, G J ^a   Richards, R A ^a   Fischer, V M ^a   Mickelson, B J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergence; Establishment; GA response; Heritability; Plant height; Selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COLEOPTILE; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC VARIANCE; GIBBERELLIC ACID; HERITABILITY; PLANT HEIGHT; SEED DEVELOPMENT; WHEAT;

EID: 0032896173     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003518920119     Document Type: Article

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