Penetrance of creeping-rootedness in clonal progenies of lucerne and observations on underground morphology of plants differing for this character

Euphytica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-45

  Pecetti, Luciano ^a   Piano, Efisio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adventitious stems; Creeping rootedness; Lucerne; Medicago sativa L. complex; Morphology; Roots

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0036410941     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020623825688     Document Type: Article

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