Observation strategies for morphological characterisation of forages

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-71

  van de Wouw, Mark ^a,b   Hanson, Jean ^a   Nokoe, Sagary ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Forages; Germplasm; Morphology; Observation strategy

Indexed keywords

GERMPLASM; GRASS; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0032993041     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008627527822     Document Type: Article

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