Evaluating genetic diversity for heat tolerance traits in Mexican wheat landraces

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-45

  Hede, A R ^a,b   Skovmand, B ^a   Reynolds, M P ^a   Crossa, J ^a   Vilhelmsen, A L ^b   Stolen O ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Genetic diversity; Heat tolerance; Landraces; Leaf chlorophyll content; Triticum aestivum L

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CULTIVAR; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; HEAT TOLERANCE; LANDRACE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF;

GENETIC VARIATION; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WHEAT;

MEXICO;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033057710     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008684615643     Document Type: Article

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