Exploiting heterosis in pearl millet for population breeding in arid environments

Crop Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 767-776

  Presterl, T ^a   Weltzien, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

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[No Author keywords available]

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PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; TRIXIS;

EID: 0038372432     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2003.7670     Document Type: Article

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