Multivariate analysis of morphological variation in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) germplasm from Ethiopia and Eritrea

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-284

  Ayana, Amsalu ^a,b   Bekele, Endashaw ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eritrea; Ethiopia; Germplasm; Morphological variation; Multivariate analysis; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; FLOWERING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERMPLASM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0033431879     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008657120946     Document Type: Article

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