Variation for reproductive and agronomic traits among T. repens x T. nigrescens third generation backcross hybrids in the field: Reproductive and agronomic traits among BC3 hybrids of T. repens x T. nigrescens

Euphytica

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-201

  Marshall, A H ^a   Michaelson Yeates, T P T ^a   Abberton, M T ^a   Williams, A ^a   Powell, H G ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interspecific hybridisation; Reproductive traits; Seed yield; Trifolium nigrescens; White clover

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; AXILLARY BUD; BACKCROSSING; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFLORESCENCE; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; SEED YIELD; STOLON; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

TRIFOLIUM NIGRESCENS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0036039250     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016398425618     Document Type: Article

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