Quality characteristics of backcross hybrids between Trifolium repens and Trifolium ambiguum

Euphytica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-80

  Abberton, M T ^a   Marshall, A H ^a   Michaelson Yeates, T P T ^a   Williams, T A ^a   Rhodes, I ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backcross; Interspecific hybrids; Quality; Trifolium ambiguum; Trifolium repens

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0036392865     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019993801128     Document Type: Article

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