Yield and yield stability of four population types of grain sorghum in a semi-arid area of Kenya

Crop Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 319-329

  Haussmann, B I G ^a   Obilana, A B ^b   Ayiecho, P O ^c   Blum, A ^d   Schipprack, W ^e   Geiger, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b ICRISAT   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^e Südwestsaat GbR ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTABILITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINE; GRAIN YIELD; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYBRID; KENYA; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS TOLERANCE; TROPICS;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0034024037     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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