Genotype x environment interactions for tea yields

Euphytica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 289-296

  Wachira, Francis ^a   Ng’etich, Wilson ^a   Omolo, Joseph ^a   Mamati, George ^a  

^a TEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KENYA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Genotype x environment interactions; Yield

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0036406788     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020273616349     Document Type: Article

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