Heritabilities of water-use efficiency traits and correlations with agronomic traits in water-stressed alfalfa

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 494-498

  Ray, Ian M ^a   Townsend, M Shaun ^a   Muncy, Cherokee M ^a   Henning, John A ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HERITABILITY; PLANT BREEDING; UNITED STATES; WATER USE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0032962196     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183X0039000200032x     Document Type: Article

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