An improved breeding strategy for autotetraploid Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Euphytica

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 139-146

  Katepa Mupondwa, Felicitas M ^a   Christie, Bert R ^b   Michaels, Thomas E ^c  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Allelic selection; Autotetraploid; Medicago sativa L.

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0036121655     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014488307000     Document Type: Article

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