Producing genetic diversity in crop plants: The case of canadian rapeseed, 1954–1991

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 5-23

  Juska, Arunas ^a   Busch, Lawrence ^b   Wu, Feng Huang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Canola; Genetic diversity; Pedigree analysis; Plant breeding; Rapeseed; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345546479     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v09n04_03     Document Type: Article

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