Diversity among germplasm lines of the Ethiopian cereal tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter]

Euphytica

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-97

  Assefa, Kebebew ^a   Ketema, Seyfu ^b   Tefera, Hailu ^a   Nguyen, Henry T ^c   Blum, Abraham ^d   Ayele, Mulu ^c   Bai, Guihua ^c   Simane, Belay ^e   Kefyalew, Tiruneh ^a  

^a DEBRE ZEIT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Ethiopia)

^b Institute of Biodiversity Conservation   (Ethiopia)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^e HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Clustering; Diversity; Eragrostis tef; Genetic advance; Germplasm; Heritability; Principal components; Tef

Indexed keywords

ETHIOPIA; GENETIC ADVANCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING;

ERAGROSTIS TEF;

EID: 0032941658     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003582431039     Document Type: Article

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