Breeding gains and changes in morphotype of Nordic spring wheat (1901-1993) under contrasting environments

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 455-459

  Ortiz, Rodomiro ^a,b   Lund, Birgitte ^a   Andersen, Sven Bode ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b IITA c/o Lambourn Ltd UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bread wheat; Genetic gains; Genotype by environment interaction; Polyploidy; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CULTIVAR; PHENOTYPE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0344155132     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023902110224     Document Type: Article

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