Genetic variability and correlations of agronomic characters in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata);Variabilidade e correlações entre caracteres agronômicos em caupi (Vigna unguiculata)

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 515-520

  Lopes, Ångela Celis De Almeida ^a   Freire Filho, Francisco Rodrigues ^b   Da Silva, Ranyse Barbosa Querino ^a   Campos, Francilene Leonel ^c   De Rocha, Maurisrael Moura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Productivity; Progeny; Selection; Yield components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346993979     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-204x2001000300016     Document Type: Article

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