Seed protein and oil content in Zimbabwean soyabean (Glycine max L.) varieties

Plant Varieties and Seeds

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-128

  Gwata, E T ^a   Nziramasanga, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN; VEGETABLE OIL;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMPLASM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN CONTENT; VARIETAS; ZIMBABWE;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0035759276     PISSN: 09523863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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