Relating cultivar Pachymetra root rot resistance to sugarcane yield using breeding selection trial analyses

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 617-622

  Magarey, R C ^a   Bull, J I ^a  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; PLANT BREEDING; ROOT ROT; SUGAR CANE;

ARUNDINARIA; PACHYMETRA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0041346257     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA02144     Document Type: Article

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